Premier Urges Federal Support to Tech-Enable Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers

Premier joined other national organizations in urging the House Budget Committee to look towards expanding the use of technology in long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) settings to reduce healthcare expenditures while improving patient safety and quality of care. In response to the committee's request for information, Premier and the groups described how the inequitable access to and use of interoperable health information technology (HIT) persists across the continuum as all the programs authorized and funded under the Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical Health (HITECH) Act excluded LTPAC providers. The letter underscores the need for federal efforts to ensure interoperability of HIT and data exchange and sharing across the care continuum, including technological functionality to improve quality of care, patient safety, and infection control in rural America.