Assignment task: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has been charged under both HIPAA and the Medicare Modernization Act to make recommendations for uniform data standards for electronic exchange of patient health information and e-prescribing.
Q1. What do you consider to be the top 5 issues the NCVHS has addressed in the past year relating to health information technology?
Q2. What have the responses been to these issues, and how do you perceive the industry changing to adapt/conform to these issues.
Q3. How would you, as a future HIM professional, play a role in implementation and management of uniform data standards? Address all the questions in detail for your original response.