ONC Presents "3 A's" Strategy to Engage Patients With Health IT

Officials within HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology outline the federal strategy to engage patients with health IT in a report in Health Affairs.

ONC aims to promote consumer e-health to improve patient engagement and individual health. The authors define consumer e-health as "a broad category of electronic tools and services that are primarily consumer oriented but that overlap with health information technology, a term more conventionally used in the context of technology for health care providers."



ONC developed the "Three A's" strategy to achieve its goals:

•    Access. Ensure patients have access to their health information.
•    Action. Enable consumers to take action with their health information
•    Attitudes. Shift attitudes so patients and providers view their care as a partnership that can be facilitated through e-health.

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