ONC offers 4 suggestions for building better EHR comparison shopping tools

ONC offers 4 suggestions for building better EHR comparison shopping tools

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT said it can harness data it already has to help providers make better electronic health record purchasing decisions.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT put forth its suggestions for helping hospitals, physicians and other care providers make more informed decisions about the technologies they buy in a report to Congress this week.

“As the variety of health IT products increases, health IT comparison tools will become increasingly critical to the provider community in the near future,” said ONC in its “Report on the Feasibility of Mechanisms to Assist Providers in Comparing and Selecting Certified EHR Technology Products.”

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