Oh, the Places Data Goes: ONC Announces Data Provenance Challenge
By Steven Posnack – Health data often travels a long distance before it gets to its final destination. Additionally, data can be represented in a number of different ways.
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We Need Your Input! The New, Interactive Version of the Interoperability Standards Advisory
By Steven Posnack MS, MHS – On January 10, ONC submitted the recently published 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory, a catalog of standards and implementation specifications that are or could be used to advance the seamless and secure flow of electronic health information.
Highlighting a Way to Advance Interoperability and Reduce Costs for Lab Tests
By Steven Posnack & Thomas Sparkman – Last year, HL7 released an implementation guide that provides a standardized way to exchange the catalogs of (thousands) laboratory tests and services that a clinical laboratory can perform.
ISA Twitter Chat Highlights
The ISA is a coordinated catalog of standards and implementation specifications that are available for use by the health information technology industry to meet interoperability needs. Yesterday, the ONC with Steven Posnack hosted #ISAchat.
The Draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory for Public Comment
By Steven Posnack & Chris Muir – The ONC published the draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) for public comment. The ISA is a coordinated catalog of standards and implementation specifications.
Transparency Requirements Help Providers Know More About Their Products
By Elise Sweeney Anthony & Steven Posnack – Health IT developers must now comply with enhanced transparency requirements associated with their products. It is applicable to the 2014 Edition, as well as newly issued 2015 Edition of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.
The Interoperability Proving Ground: Get In to Be In
By Steven Posnack & Tracy Okubo – Approximately two months ago, we launched the Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG), an open, community platform where you can share, learn, and be inspired by interoperability projects taking place across the nation.
The ONC Tech Lab: Standards Coordination
By Steven Posnack – Our previously published blog post about the ONC Tech Lab explained how it would guide our approach to standards and technology and help lay the operational groundwork within ONC necessary to implement the Interoperability Roadmap, our near-term health IT strategy, and the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. We described that through the ONC Tech Lab with four focus areas.
New Market-Ready, User-Friendly Health Technology App and Infrastructure Support
By Karen B. DeSalvo & Steven Posnack – As a health care consumer, imagine if you were able to choose a software application to create a secure snapshot of your health information, like pictures that extend over the course of your lifetime.