2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory Released
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA).
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HHS Brings Interoperable Medication Lists to Consumers
ONC coordinated a live demonstration of consumer-friendly apps that import data from some of the largest health IT vendors in the country to allow individuals to access a consolidated list of their medications from a variety of sources in one place.
HHS announces Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge
The Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge.
HHS Awards $1.5 million to Improve Information Flow for Patients and Providers
ONC announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information.
ONC Announces Blockchain Challenge Winners
ONC announced the winners of the Use of Blockchain in Health IT and Health-related Research Challenge. A Blockchain—most commonly associated with digital currency—is a data structure that can be timed-stamped and signed using a private key to prevent tampering.
Kudos to the Healthcare Community and HHS
By D’Arcy Gue – We healthcare writers spend a lot of time looking critically at federal compliance initiatives, especially the devils that may be in the details. Seriously, who even likes the unfortunate term “compliance?” Despite the hard knocks, HHS in fact has been an extraordinary trailblazer in modernizing American healthcare through information technology adoption.
ONC Leadership Transition – A Letter from Secretary Burwell
The following letter from Secretary Burwell was shared with the HHS staff on August 11, 2016. Dr. Karen DeSalvo will continue to serve as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health. Dr. Vindell Washington will serve as National Coordinator, overseeing the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
New HHS Cybersecurity Initiative: Too Little Too Late?
By D’Arcy Gue – After years of increasingly dangerous data security and privacy breaches across the American healthcare environment, HHS has decided to take preventative action. On July 25, HHS announced it will fund a new resource that will share “the most up-to-date cyber threat information across the health and public health sectors.
HIE Rundown 7-29-16
The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Recently making news in health information exchange is New York eHealth Collaborative, Inovalon, athenahealth, DirectTrust and Document Storage Systems, Inc.