There are 38 federal departments or agencies slated to share your health information. The new Federal Health IT and Strategic plan states, The privacy and security of protected health information is a top priority of the federal government. The goal of sharing health information “aligns with the Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap, a parallel activity led by ONC” The plan lists a series of three-year and six-year goals, further broken down into objectives. There are no guarantees that agencies, providers, or third-parties wont get hacked. The legal barriers that have hindered the plan for the sharing are one of the following categories: technical, economic, legal and ethical.”]