[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":23,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"President Trump's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget includes an investment of $125 million in an \u201cimproved and modernized\u201d electronic health record system for the Indian Health Service.IHS, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, currently uses the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS), which was developed in close partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, in 2017, the VA announced that it will phase out support of RPMS. President Trump\u2019s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for IHS included an initial $25 million EHR investment to begin transitioning to a replacement for RPMS. The FY 2021 allocation continues this effort.

\u201cOver the coming years, IHS must update its overall health information technology system with a modern, innovative and practical solution to improve health and healthcare across Indian Country,\u201d contends HHS in its FY 2021 budget justification document<\/a>. \u201cA new system supports IHS\u2019s ability to provide high-quality care, increase efficiency, ensure patient safety, protect from cybersecurity threats and participate in CMS demonstration projects.\u201dAccording to the HHS budget document, IHS \u201crequires a secure, certified EHR system to improve healthcare delivery and quality, enhance access to care, reduce medical errors and provide high quality services.\u201dWriting recently in a Health Affairs<\/i> blog<\/a>, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine found that \u201cyears of inattention and underfunding have left the RPMS unusable by current technological standards, making it difficult to provide continuous, consistent care.\u201d Further, they point out that \u201cuntil FY 2020, there was no budget line item for IHS health IT at all.\u201d Researchers concluded that the federal government has \u201can obligation\u201d to provide $3 billion to IHS to replace the agency\u2019s legacy EHR system. They say the cost estimate is consistent with the VA\u2019s $10 billion EHR modernization over 10 years, given that IHS\u2019 patient population\u20142.6 million American Indian and Alaska Native people\u2014is equal to 27 percent of the VA patient population.\u201cSupporting the health IT needs within the IHS through appropriate funding and oversight of a health IT modernization program will be critical to achieving success,\u201d the researchers contend. \u201cAn adequately sourced health IT program is an essential component to ensuring high-quality and safe care.\u201d","saveContent":"President Trump's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget includes an investment of $125 million in an \u201cimproved and modernized\u201d electronic health record system for the Indian Health Service.IHS, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, currently uses the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS), which was developed in close partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, in 2017, the VA announced that it will phase out support of RPMS. President Trump\u2019s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for IHS included an initial $25 million EHR investment to begin transitioning to a replacement for RPMS. The FY 2021 allocation continues this effort.\u201cOver the coming years, IHS must update its overall health information technology system with a modern, innovative and practical solution to improve health and healthcare across Indian Country,\u201d contends HHS in its FY 2021 budget justification document<\/a>. \u201cA new system supports IHS\u2019s ability to provide high-quality care, increase efficiency, ensure patient safety, protect from cybersecurity threats and participate in CMS demonstration projects.\u201dAccording to the HHS budget document, IHS \u201crequires a secure, certified EHR system to improve healthcare delivery and quality, enhance access to care, reduce medical errors and provide high quality services.\u201dWriting recently in a Health Affairs<\/i> blog<\/a>, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine found that \u201cyears of inattention and underfunding have left the RPMS unusable by current technological standards, making it difficult to provide continuous, consistent care.\u201d Further, they point out that \u201cuntil FY 2020, there was no budget line item for IHS health IT at all.\u201d Researchers concluded that the federal government has \u201can obligation\u201d to provide $3 billion to IHS to replace the agency\u2019s legacy EHR system. They say the cost estimate is consistent with the VA\u2019s $10 billion EHR modernization over 10 years, given that IHS\u2019 patient population\u20142.6 million American Indian and Alaska Native people\u2014is equal to 27 percent of the VA patient population.\u201cSupporting the health IT needs within the IHS through appropriate funding and oversight of a health IT modernization program will be critical to achieving success,\u201d the researchers contend. \u201cAn adequately sourced health IT program is an essential component to ensuring high-quality and safe care.\u201d","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

Trump FY 2021 budget seeks $125M for new Indian Health Service EHR

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