trailpolt.blogg.se - A bumpy road to action research

started in 2013, then they had to pass a statute and create the product. If it goes forward, it will be a large, complex undertaking. “A UPI would simplify and help achieve a higher accuracy of patient matching,” says Hans Buitendijk, chair of the Electronic Health Records Association in Chicago.īut that does not necessarily mean that creating a UPI program in the United States would be easy. The repeal of the ban on funding for the UPI provides a chance for the government to consider it. If Congress passes the 2021 budget, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) then could take a serious look at the feasibility of adopting a UPI as part of a national strategy to better link patient records, thereby setting the stage for improving patient safety, enhancing the coordination of care, and reducing the cost of healthcare.Ī UPI is an identification number that’s specific to each individual and would be used to link and manage that person’s health information. The Senate’s move follows in the footsteps of the House of Representatives, which had removed the ban from its appropriations bill earlier this year. The Senate in October dropped the prohibition from its appropriations bill for the first time in about 20 years, citing the need to remove this barrier to the sharing of patient information and for public health entities to effectively track contacts and immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This controversial possibility of developing a UPI provides a new opportunity to link a patient’s health records throughout the health ecosystem, but also highlights the inherent challenges of such a project. Before doing so, I will summarize the history of a long road that started around thirty years ago in the UN and eventually should lead to a climate-neutral EU in 2015.The Senate’s recent decision to repeal the ban on funding for the development of a unique patient identifier (UPI) marks a potential watershed moment in the development of what previously has been a hot third rail for privacy concerns. Before doing so, I will summarize the history of a long road that started around thirty years ago in the UN and eventually should lead to a climate-neutral EU in 2015.ĪB - In her ‘Agenda for Europe’ (her electoral manifesto as candidate for the presidency of the European Commission) Ursula von der Leyen announced the proposal of an ambitious European Green Deal, including among others a review of the EU Energy Tax Directive and the introduction of a ‘Carbon Borden Tax’ (meanwhile re-titled into Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism).1 In this editorial I will go into the development of these proposals in the Green Deal that was published on 11 December 2019, shortly after Von der Leyen took office. N2 - In her ‘Agenda for Europe’ (her electoral manifesto as candidate for the presidency of the European Commission) Ursula von der Leyen announced the proposal of an ambitious European Green Deal, including among others a review of the EU Energy Tax Directive and the introduction of a ‘Carbon Borden Tax’ (meanwhile re-titled into Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism).1 In this editorial I will go into the development of these proposals in the Green Deal that was published on 11 December 2019, shortly after Von der Leyen took office.