AFH applauds ONC’s commitment to leveraging health IT strategies that address electronic health information (EHI) access, exchange, and use that improves health equity and whole person care delivery through the connection of human services data. We appreciate ONC’s inclusion of health equity in the four goals of promoting health and wellness, enhancing the delivery and experience of care, accelerating research and innovation, and connecting the health systems with health data. Overall, we encourage ONC to continue to work closely with private organizations like payers, hospitals, health information management companies, community-based organizations (CBOs), and others to collect strategies and best practices in support of each of these goals.

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