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 a one-on-one conversation on Health Policy with National Coordinator, Micky Tripathi, the upcoming quarterly Health IT Certification Program Developer Roundtable, and more!
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By Micky Tripathi & Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon – SAMHSA and ONC will work together to invest more than $20 million of SAMHSA funds over the next three years in an initiative to advance health IT in behavioral health care and practice settings.
By Lana Moriarty & Alex Mugge – HHS is working diligently to strengthen policies that can bring patients more comprehensive access to their health information. In October 2023, the ONC and CMS held an event to share initiatives that help patients access their health data.
By Wendy Noboa & Seth Pazinski – The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) plays an important role in informing ONC policies and programs, consisting of experts across the health care industry offering a wide range of health IT perspectives.
By Laura M. Urioste – It’s been just over a year since certified Health IT developers aligned their Health IT Modules with the requirements outlined in the Cures Act Final Rule. As part of this transformative update, developers of certified API technology completed certification.
By Chris Muir & Alan Swenson – On December 11, 2023, ONC and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity, The Sequoia Project, released the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange V.2. This version updates the previous roadmap and continues the momentum already established by providing more details and guidance for the future of FHIR in TEFCA.
By Micky Tripathi – Recently I had the opportunity to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. During this second hearing on artificial intelligence, I shared work that I’m doing on behalf of HHS to support President Biden’s Executive Order on harnessing the potential and mitigating the risks of AI.
The world is better off and getting better, compared to popular opinion and what’s broadcast on the news, says Hans Rosling and his co-authors, using simple, comprehensive measures, in Factfulness. Sometimes taking a step back and looking at the big picture (and the data) is important.
From The Health IT Buzz blog – The wait is finally over! If you’ve been following ONC’s work on USCDI+ over the past year, you’ve likely heard discussion of a new platform for organizing and building out the various USCDI+ datasets.