Health Information Technology

Social Security is more than retirement. We use about 15 percent of the Social Security taxes collected from workers to provide disability insurance. This makes the Social Security Administration one of the largest disability insurers in the world.

Health Information Technology (Health IT)—the use of electronic health records to promote efficiency and improve care—holds great promise for improving the speed and effectiveness of our disability decision making process.

So, we’re expanding our Medical Evidence Gathering and Analysis through Health Information Technology (MEGAHIT) program to provide the benefits of Health IT to more of our claimants and more of our health care provider partners.