If the United States is going to improve cancer-related outcomes, it must overcome serious policy and technical barriers preventing the country from achieving a nationwide, interoperable health IT system.
That’s among the findings of the President’s Cancer Panel, which issued its latest reportto the Obama White House on Tuesday.
“Although technologies have been widely adopted in healthcare settings as well as among the general population, health information often remains trapped in silos,” according to the President’s Cancer Panel. “Patients, caregivers, care teams, researchers and health agencies often lack the tools they need to access and optimally use these data.”
