Fragmented networks, limited regulator authority and few incentives for downstream care adoption are holding back the nation’s progress on health data sharing, the Biden administration’s health IT office wrote in a recent congressional report.
Covid brought out incredible resolve, scientific ingenuity, individual and community perseverance and innovation. But even with that, millions of people died, many millions more were sickened, and societies were terribly set back in the United States and around the world. We are likely to face similar or worse pandemic threats in the future. We need to use the time we have now to make big preparedness changes to protect us from challenges that could arise again without warning.