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Interoperability Pledge Fact Sheet PDF

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary announced that major health IT developers, top healthcare systems, and leading provider organizations have committed to help consumers access their electronic health records, share health information between providers, and implement national interoperability standards. The commitments were made to advance consumer access, prevent information blocking, and adopt recognized standards in order to improve how electronic health records and information exchange work for patients and providers. Over 90% of hospital electronic health records nationwide and the five largest private health systems representing 46 states were among those that pledged support.

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Interoperability Pledge Fact Sheet PDF

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary announced that major health IT developers, top healthcare systems, and leading provider organizations have committed to help consumers access their electronic health records, share health information between providers, and implement national interoperability standards. The commitments were made to advance consumer access, prevent information blocking, and adopt recognized standards in order to improve how electronic health records and information exchange work for patients and providers. Over 90% of hospital electronic health records nationwide and the five largest private health systems representing 46 states were among those that pledged support.

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FACT SHEET

Commitments from health care industry to make electronic health records work better for
patients and providers
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today
that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide
as well as the top five largest private healthcare systems in the country have agreed to implement
three core commitments:
Consumer Access: To help consumers easily and securely access their electronic health
information, direct it to any desired location, learn how their information can be shared
and used, and be assured that this information will be effectively and safely used to
benefit their health and that of their community.
No Information Blocking: To help providers share individuals health information for
care with other providers and their patients whenever permitted by law, and not block
electronic health information (defined as knowingly and unreasonably interfering with
information sharing).
Standards: Implement federally recognized, national interoperability standards, policies,
guidance, and practices for electronic health information and adopt best practices
including those related to privacy and security.
The organizations that have made commitments today represent hospitals, integrated healthcare
organizations, medical groups and physician offices, academic facilities, long-term and
behavioral healthcare settings, professional and advocacy organizations, and patients throughout
the country, and include:

Vendors who provide 90 percent of hospital electronic health records used nationwide;
The top five largest private health systems in the nation and, in total, healthcare systems
providing patient care in 46 states;
More than a dozen leading healthcare provider, hospital, technology, and consumer
advocacy groups.

These market leaders provided individual statements outlining how they are or will implement
these shared principles in the months ahead, available at www.healthit.gov/commitment.
The full list of committed organizations is below.
Health IT Developers: The health IT developers below provide 90 percent of hospital electronic
health records used nationwide. One of the products is used by 95 percent of all pharmacies.
These organizations develop electronic health records, information exchange software and other

products that are used by a wide range of hospitals and providers and touch the lives of millions
of healthcare consumers each year.1

Aprima
Athenahealth
Allscripts
Cerner
CPSI
CureMD
Epic
GE Healthcare
Intel
McKesson
MedHost
Meditech
NextGen
Phillips
SureScripts
Optum
Greenway Health

Healthcare Systems: Among the providers below are the five largest private healthcare systems
in the nation. In total, the health systems below operate in 46 states.2

Ascension Health
Carolinas Healthcare
Catholic Health Initiatives
Community Health Systems
Dignity Health
Geisinger Health System
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
John Hopkins Medical
Intermountain Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente
LifePoint Health
Mountain States Health Alliance
Partners Healthcare
Tenet Healthcare
Trinity Health
University of Utah Health Care

Hospital EHR market share percentages are based off of Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)
staff analysis of products reported through participation in the EHR Incentive Program.
http://dashboard.healthit.gov/datadashboard/documentation/ehr-products-mu-attestation-data-documentation.php.
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Size of healthcare systems is based off of ONC staff analysis of HIMSS Analytics and healthcare system websites.

Leading provider, technology, and consumer organizations: The organizations below


represent a wide range of professional associations and stakeholder groups that support
providers, hospitals, and consumers and provide a range of education, technical assistance and
best practices to their members. Their pledges demonstrate the shared commitments among the
diverse stakeholders they represent, including providers, consumers, and the technology industry.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). AAFP and its chapters represent
120,900 family physicians, residents, and medical students.
American College of Physicians (ACP). ACP is a national organization representing
approximately 143,000 internists-physician specialists.
American Medical Association (AMA). AMA represents approximately 225,000
members, comprising physicians, residents, and medical students.
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). AMIA is an organization of more
than 5,000 healthcare professionals, informatics researchers, and thought-leaders in
biomedicine, healthcare, and science.
American Hospital Association (AHA). AHA is a national organization that represents
and serves all types of hospitals, healthcare networks, and their patients and communities,
including nearly 5,000 hospitals, healthcare systems, networks, other providers of care,
and 43,000 individuals members.
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). AHIMA is a
national, non-profit association representing 103,000 health information management
professionals with component state associations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto Rico.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). ASCO is a leading professional
organization representing more than 40,000 physicians worldwide who care for people
with cancer.
Center for Medical Interoperability. The Center is an organization led by large health
systems to change how medical technologies work together. The Center leverages market
presence and the expertise of their members to compel change and improve the safety,
quality, and affordability of healthcare.
College of Healthcare Informatics Management Executives (CHIME). CHIME is an
executive organization with more than 1,800 Chief Information Officer (CIO) members
and 150 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms.
CommonWell. CommonWell is a not-for-profit trade association comprising nearly 40
health IT developers and organizations with a focus on the development and promotion
of interoperability for its members.
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). HIMSS North
America represents 61,000 individual members, 640 corporate members, and over 450
non-profit organizations.
Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC). HLC is a coalition of chief executives from all
disciplines in American healthcare. Members of HLC lead hospitals, health plans,
pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufactures, biotech firms, health product
distributors, pharmacies, and academic health centers.
Premier healthcare alliance. Premier is a healthcare performance improvement alliance
of approximately 3,600 U.S. hospitals and 120,000 other providers nationwide.
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Sequoia Project. The Sequoia Project, previously Healtheway, advances the


implementation of secure, interoperable nationwide health exchanges and supports key
interoperability initiatives such as Carequality.
National Partnership for Women and Families. The Partnership is a national
organization that advances policy to help women and families and advances access to
quality affordable healthcare.
National Rural Health Association (NRHA). NRHA is a national non-profit
membership organization with more than 20,000 members that provides leadership on
rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education and research.

To view the individual pledges, or to make the pledge to the commitments on behalf of your
organization, visit www.healthit.gov/commitment.

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