Public Comment - Healthy People 2020

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Objectives Retained As Is From Healthy People 2010
HC/HIT HP2020–1:	Increase the proportion of persons who report that their health care providers have satisfactory communication skills.

Objectives Retained But Modified From Healthy People 2010
HC/HIT HP2020–2:	(Developmental) Increase individuals’ access to the Internet.
HC/HIT HP2020–3:	(Developmental) Improve the health literacy of the population.
HC/HIT HP2020–4:	Increase the proportion of quality, health-related Web sites.
HC/HIT HP2020–5:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of online health information seekers who report easily accessing health information.

Objectives New to Healthy People 2020
HC/HIT HP2020–6:	(Developmental) 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.
HC/HIT HP2020–7:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of persons who use electronic personal health management tools.
HC/HIT HP2020–8:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of patients whose doctor recommends personalized health information resources to help them manage their health.
HC/HIT HP2020–9:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults who report having social support.
HC/HIT HP2020–10:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of crisis and emergency risk messages, intended to protect the public’s health, that demonstrate the use of best practices.
HC/HIT HP2020–11:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of providers who use health information technology to improve individual and population health.
HC/HIT HP2020–12:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of providers and governmental health agencies that use advanced connectivity to optimize electronic health information exchange to improve individual and population health.

Objectives Archived From Healthy People 2010 Archived objectives are Healthy People 2010 objectives that are not included in the proposed set of Healthy People 2020 objectives for data, target or policy reasons.
HP2010 11-3:	Increase the proportion of health communication activities that include research and evaluation.
HP2010 11-5:	Increase the number of centers for excellence that seek to advance the research and practice of health communication.


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