HHS Launches First Venture Capital Partnership
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new type of public-private partnership that enables investments using venture capital practices.
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Federal Agencies Align to Promote Public Health Reporting
By Elisabeth Myers & Jeff Smith – Recently, CMS proposed modifications to its Promoting Interoperability Program that, if finalized, would require hospitals to report on four public health and clinical data exchange measures.
ONC Mentors + Computer Science Graduate Students + Inferno = Campus on FHIR
By John Bender – To promote and support the consistent development and implementation of the Health Level Seven (HL7®) International® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) standard and associated implementation guides, ONC launched the Inferno testing suite a few years back.
HHS Announces $14.2 Million from American Rescue Plan to Expand Pediatric Mental Health Care Access
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, announced the availability of $14.2 million from the American Rescue Plan to expand pediatric mental health care access by integrating telehealth services into pediatric primary care.
Lessons Learned from the CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge
By Elizabeth Fowler PhD JD & James Gerber JD MBA – On April 30, CMS announced the winner and runner-up of the CMS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge, a prize competition for innovators to demonstrate how artificial intelligence tools can be used to accelerate the development of AI solutions…
What’s Happening at the ONC – 05-24-21
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including two Advancing SDOH Interoperability webinars, sunsetting the Interoperability Roadmap, launching Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030 & more.
ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule Sets Path for New Healthcare Industry Standards
By Matthew Rahn – Time flies! It has been over a year since ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule was first released and since then ONC has been busy advancing the USCDI and enabling the healthcare industry to voluntarily implement newer versions of adopted standards via the SVAP for the purposes of the ONC Health IT Certification.
Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.
Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030
By Steven Posnack MS MHS – One of the fun parts about working at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is that in addition to our impactful, near-term work, we also have the chance to point our eyes to the horizon and envision a better future.