Expert Reactions: Jim Reardon, Senior Associate
I agree that a stable and certain policy environment/forum will be a critical enabler to the future of Health Information Exchange. Deven has mentioned the need for robust and flexible privacy and security policies which can be applied at all levels—local, state and federal—and address the deep seated concern with the protection of health information. The challenge in developing, vetting, testing, and implementing policies is convening the right blend of subject matter experts, from a variety of venues, such as business, academic, and non-profit, that are willing to work through the complex issues associate with health information exchange and make the compromises necessary to move the process forward toward completion. As Deven states, when we address the development of local, state and federal policies, it will be critical that we have the courage to make the difficult policy decisions.
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