TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A: HHS’ DeSalvo: Advancing technology to improve quality of care essential for US health: New federal IT strategic plan charts course for electronic records JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 7 LP - 7 VL - 45 IS - 2 AU - Natalie McGill Y1 - 2015/03/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/45/2/7.abstract N2 - With national health reforms such as the Affordable Care Act in place and a need to provide the best possible health care for Americans, health information technology is getting increased national attention. More hospitals and health care facilities across the nation are making an effort to move toward more efficient care, such as adopting an electronic health records systems. Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, acting assistant secretary for health and national coordinator for health information technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, talked with The Nation’s Health about how recommendations in the new Federal Health IT Strategic Plan released in December will play a role in improving the quality of health care and what she sees in the nation’s future under her leadership. ER -