By Micky Tripathi & Thomas A. Mason – This National Minority Health Month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is highlighting its commitment to health equity for all. Achieving health equity requires a systemic change in health care.
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By Seth Pazinski, Peter Karras, & Kim Lundberg – Health IT has become integral to health care delivery and this trend has accelerated since the passage of the HITECH Act of 2009. Hundreds of thousands of physician offices, hospitals, and health systems now use ONC-certified health IT to store, process, access, exchange, and use EHI, setting the groundwork for nationwide interoperability.
By Seth Pazinski, Peter Karras, & Dustin Charles – The draft 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (the draft Plan) is now open for public comment. The public comment period on the draft Plan ends on May 28, 2024 at 11:59:59 PM ET. The draft Plan is a comprehensive and strategic effort developed by ONC in collaboration with more than 25 federal organizations.
Melinda (Mindy) Kidder recently joined ONC as the new chief nursing officer (CNO). She brings more than 30 years of experience in patient care, nursing management, informatics, and complex project management in diverse healthcare organizations.
By Micky Tripathi – On the heels of the release of the HTI-1 Final Rule, we are now developing the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability Proposed Rule (HTI-2.) The 2nd rule in ONC’s series of Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability rules.
By Ashley Hain & Robert Anthony – ONC has hit a new milestone in advancing interoperability across the care continuum. A new series of voluntary tests to support standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) leveraging Health Level Seven® (HL7®) implementation specifications developed via the Da Vinci project and the CARIN Alliance are now available…
By Adam Wong – The SMART Health IT team based in Boston Children’s Hospital Computational Health Informatics Program has been a leader in developing new capabilities leveraging the HL7® FHIR® standard. A 2010 Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Project was SMART’s first ONC funding opportunity that led to the creation of the SMART on FHIR API.
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – New research from a survey of digital health companies shows that 73% of companies use standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) when integrating with electronic health records (EHRs).
By Meley Gebresellassie & Jawanna Henry – Last year, ONC wrapped up the SDOH Information Exchange Learning Forum. The sessions are part of our ongoing work to engage and empower communities to advance SDOH interoperability.