HHS Publishes Final Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 – On September 21, 2015, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) of HHS laid out the federal government’s final version of its long-term strategy for nationwide health information technology adoption.  The plan signals a shift away from a provider-centered approach that aims to achieve electronic health record adoption by and among hospitals and primary care providers through meaningful use and other initiatives to a more patient-centered approach that seeks more collaboration by and among additional providers across the care continuum.  HHS sets forth four long-term information technology goals.  The first goal is to “advance person-centered and self-managed health.”  The second is to “transform health care delivery and community health.”  Third, HHS aims to “foster research, scientific knowledge, and innovation,” and finally, HHS seeks to improve the country’s health information technology infrastructure