HHS/ASPE. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Underserved and Health Information Technology:
Issues and Opportunities

 

Prepared by:

Adil Moiduddin
Jonathan Moore

November, 2008

Prepared for:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

This report was produced under the direction of Caroline Taplin and Dale Hitchcock, Project Officers, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Office of Science and Data Policy. The findings and conclusions of this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of ASPE or HHS.

This report is available on the Internet at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/sp/reports/2008/underserved/report.html

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Table of Contents

Introduction and Objectives
Why Focus on the Underserved?
What Role Can Health IT Play?
Current State of Health IT and the Underserved
Direct Use of Health IT by Underserved Populations
Health IT Use Among Providers Treating the Underserved
Issues Facing Use of Health IT in the Underserved
Issues for Provider Facing Health IT
Issues for Patient Facing Health IT
Conclusions
Footnotes

 

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Last updated:  03/25/2009