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The HHS will set up a panel of experts to identify and fix any “potentially harmful unintended consequences” to get physicians and hospitals equipped with EHR s over the next several years.

In announcing a contract to set up the group, HHS acknowledged the plan to offer providers financial incentives to adopt healthcare IT was meant to “enormously improve the quality and efficiency of health.”

Providers are staring to consider how they will participate in the incentive programs set up by HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) to accelerate adoption of EHR s. The notice said it would be prudent for HHS to be on the lookout for problems that might crop in carrying out the plan.

HHS did not provide any examples or details about risky outcomes, and acknowledged some unforeseen results of the plan even could have a positive impact.

"By 'unintended consequences' we mean outcomes that are not intended, even though, upon investigation and reflection, they are, at least in part, a natural consequence of the activities. While some unintended consequences are desirable, the purpose of this contract is to identify and address those that are undesirable and potentially harmful."

Source: Government Health IT

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