The 8 Health IT Facets of NASCIOs Top 10 Priority List 2012

Not surprisingly, healthcare is high on the list of priorities for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) for the coming year. Healthcare, in fact, secured the number 4 spot on the top 10 list, trailing consolidation/optimization, budget and cost control and governance, respectively.

NASCIO also breaks out the specific healthcare-related priorities for state CIOs:

1. The Affordable Care Act
2. Health information and insurance exchanges
3. Health enterprise architecture
4. Assessment
5. Partnering
6. Implementation
7. Technology solutions
8. Medicaid Systems (planning, retiring, implementing purchasing)...