Today, the White House published to its website its proposal for healthcare reform in advance of a public bipartisan healthcare policy meeting on Thursday, February 25; at the website you can also view a page highlighting Republican ideas included in the proposal. While this initiative is focused on healthcare, it is notable that it attempts to exemplify some of the principles of open government: e.g., the proposal is readily available for review on the website; the policy meeting on Thursday will be public and streamed live at WhiteHouse.gov.
Over the last two months, Voices for Innovation conducted a brief survey of member views about healthcare reform policies and health IT. Interestingly, the VFI community was very evenly divided on healthcare reform, but strongly supportive of technology neutrality, privacy, and security for health IT solutions. For complete results, including full questions, click here. Here is a shortened breakdown of results:
Healthcare Reform Issues
|
|
VFI Members Supporting |
|
Statement supporting health plan public option |
55% |
|
Statement opposing health plan public option |
45% |
|
Statement supporting new requirements on businesses |
50% |
|
Statement opposing new requirements on businesses |
50% |
|
Statement supporting surtax on high-income |
49% |
|
Statement opposing surtax on high-income |
51% |
Health IT Policy
|
|
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree Somewhat |
Neutral |
Agree Somewhat |
Strongly Agree |
|
Health IT solutions should be interoperable |
0% |
0% |
10% |
28% |
62% |
|
Tech neutral procurement rules |
0% |
1% |
8% |
25% |
66% |
|
Data privacy and security are critical requirements |
1% |
3% |
1% |
14% |
81% |
|
Incentives for healthcare providers to adopt IT |
5% |
3% |
16% |
23% |
53% |
Posted
Feb 22 2010, 03:16 PM
by
VFI Blog Admin
