Could healthcare IT be the key sign to improved addiction treatment?

In a latest report on the subject of addiction, the United States surgeon general made an argument for the role of health information technology in making better the treatment of sufferers with drug or alcohol abuse as well as behavioral health issues.
Dr. Vivek Murthy's office emphasized for higher health IT adoption and use by providers of alcohol, drug abuse and behavioral health treatment. But it took no position on a pending federal rule that could relax the present strict privacy protections covering the medical records of several patients getting those treatments.
The report, Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, mentions a fundamental health IT dichotomy: Patients get better care if their records are shared among providers, but patients will not seek treatment if they consider their data will be widely revealed.