6 Things you need to know about Meaningful Use and EHR Certification in 2014
Steven Posnack, Director Federal Policy Division, ONC With the 2014 EHR reporting period for meaningful use right around the corner, here are 6 key pieces of…
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Western States Consortium Pilot of Direct Demonstrates the Power of Federal/State Coordination
By John Rancourt / State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, Program Analyst-Presidential Management Fellow Health care providers in California and Oregon are now querying each others’…
ONC Releases New Interoperability Guide for HIOs
Lee Stevens / Policy Director, State HIE Program Following our release of Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Transitions of Care, today…
Building Momentum: Expanding Patient Access to Medical Records
Lygeia Ricciardi / Director, Office of Consumer eHealth, ONC Twitter: @Lygeia Last month we at ONC and the health IT team at the White House gathered…
Electronic Health Information Exchange Governance Framework Released
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Twitter: @Farzad_ONC Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input…
ONC Initiative Looks to Identify Uses of EHR Interoperability
EHR Interoperability: The Structured Data Capture Initiative Dr. Doug Fridsma / Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science & Technology .. Last week, we kicked-off…
Meaningful Use Stage 2: A Giant Leap in Data Exchange
Meaningful Use Stage 2 and HIE Highlights Dr. Farzad Mostashari National Coordinator for Health Information Technology HealthIT Buzz The CMS and ONC Meaningful Use Stage 2 rules we just…
CDC Releases Report On EHR Adoption
Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Records at 55% The goal of the HITECH Act of 2009 is to advance adoption of certified EHR technology by…
ONC Invests in Innovation
ONC Check Up – 6/14/11 Here’s what been happening over at the ONC. HHS and ONC announced on June 8th a new Investing in Innovation…