The ONC announced $100,000 in total awards to six winners of the Synthetic Health Data Challenge (Challenge). Synthetic health data (i.e., data that is artificially created to mimic real-world data), is important to researchers, health IT developers, and informaticians, among others, who need data to test new ideas until access to secure and actual clinical data is available.
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Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra – Twenty years ago, our nation was shaken by the worst terrorist attack in our history. Nearly 3,000 people were killed and thousands more injured. The world we once knew changed that day.
As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration is providing $121 million to support the work of trusted community-based efforts to increase vaccinations in underserved communities.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, announced the availability of an estimated $103 million in American Rescue Plan funding over a three-year period to reduce burnout and promote mental health among the health workforce.
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management, issued “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I,” an interim final rule that will restrict excessive out of pocket costs to consumers from surprise billing and balance billing.
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is announcing the establishment of an $80 million Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program to strengthen U.S. public health informatics and data science.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new type of public-private partnership that enables investments using venture capital practices.
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.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is distributing $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding — the largest aggregate amount of funding to date for its mental health and substance use block grant programs.