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Health Equity for All

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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Advancing Nationwide, Trusted Health Information Networks

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.



New Federal Health IT Strategy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, released the draft 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (the draft Plan) for public comment.


Setting Our Sights Toward a Healthier, More Innovative, Data-Driven Future

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.



What’s Happening at the ONC

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 the upcoming quarterly ONC Health IT Certification Program Developer Roundtable, the upcoming USCDI+ Cancer Data Exchange Summit, the HITAC Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023, & more.