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HC/HIT-1     (Developmental) Improve the health literacy of the population
HC/HIT-2     Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers have satisfactory communication skills
HC/HIT-2.1 Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers always listened carefully to them
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Baseline: 59.0 percent of persons reported that their health care providers always listened carefully to them in 2007
Target: 65.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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HC/HIT-2.2 Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers always explained things so they could understand them
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Baseline: 60.0 percent of persons reported that their health care providers always explained things so they could understand them in 2007
Target: 66.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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HC/HIT-2.3 Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers always showed respect for what they had to say
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Baseline: 62.0 percent of persons reported that their health care providers always showed respect for what they had to say in 2007
Target: 68.2 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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HC/HIT-2.4 Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers always spent enough time with them
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Baseline: 49.0 percent of persons reported that their health care providers always spent enough time with them in 2007
Target: 54.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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HC/HIT-3     Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers always involved them in decisions about their health care as much as they wanted
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Baseline: 51.6 percent of persons reported that their health care providers always involved them in decisions about their health care as much as they wanted in 2007
Target: 56.8 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-5     Increase the proportion of persons who use electronic personal health management tools
HC/HIT-5.1 Increase the proportion of persons who use the Internet to keep track of personal health information, such as care received, test results, or upcoming medical appointments
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Baseline: 14.3 percent of persons reported using the Internet to keep track of personal health information, such as care received, test results, or upcoming medical appointments in 2007
Target: 15.7 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-5.2 Increase the proportion of persons who use the Internet to communicate with their health provider
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Baseline: 13.6 percent of persons reported using the Internet to communicate with their health provider in 2007
Target: 15.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-6     Increase individuals’ access to the Internet
HC/HIT-6.1 Increase the proportion of persons with access to the Internet
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Baseline: 68.5 percent of persons reported having access to the Internet in 2007
Target: 75.4 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-6.2 Increase the proportion of persons with broadband access to the Internet
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Baseline: 75.6 percent of persons reported having broadband access to the Internet in 2007
Target: 83.2 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-6.3 Increase the proportion of persons who use mobile devices
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Baseline: 6.7 percent of persons reported using mobile devices in 2007
Target: 7.7 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-7     Increase the proportion of adults who report having friends or family members with whom they talk about their health
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Baseline: 79.5 percent of adults reported having friends or family members with whom they talk about their health in 2007
Target: 87.5 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-8     Increase the proportion of quality, health-related websites
HC/HIT-8.1 Increase the proportion of health-related websites that meet three or more evaluation criteria disclosing information that can be used to assess information reliability
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Baseline: 51.9 percent of health-related websites met three or more reliability criteria in 2009
Target: 57.1 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: National Quality Health Website Survey, ODPHP
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HC/HIT-9     Increase the proportion of online health information seekers who report easily accessing health information
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Baseline: 37.3 percent of online health information seekers reported easily accessing health information in 2007
Target: 41.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), NIH/NCI
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HC/HIT-10     Increase the proportion of medical practices that use electronic health records
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Baseline: 25.0 percent of medical practices reported using electronic health records in 2007
Target: 27.5 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), CDC/NCHS
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HC/HIT-13     (Developmental) Increase social marketing in health promotion and disease prevention
HC/HIT-13.2 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of schools of public health and accredited master of public health (MPH) programs that offer one or more courses in social marketing
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Potential Data Source: National Survey of Public Health Competencies in Social Marketing: Survey of Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) member schools and accredited MPH programs (Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida)
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