Using Health IT to Integrate Behavioral Health and Primary Care Information
This is one in a series of blog posts to coincide with National Health IT […]
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New Direct Implementation Guide Will Support Interoperability
Today, ONC is releasing Direct Implementation Guidelines for Assuring Security and Interoperability, recommending a common […]
Introducing Blue Button+
Since launching the Automate Blue Button Initiative six months ago, we have been working toward […]
All the Tools in the Toolbox: How ONC Delivered Value In 2012
A recent story characterized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as […]
Health Information Exchange: It Should Just Work
The day is not far off when any hospital discharging a patient or doctor making […]
Passing the Baton
At 12:00 noon on January 20, 2021, I became the National Coordinator for Health Information […]
Innovation in Population Data Analytics Driven by the 21st Century Cures Act’s API Standards Requirements
The SMART Health IT (SMART) team based in Boston Children’s Hospital Computational Health Informatics Program […]
Checking In on Hospital EHR APIs: Can Providers and Patients Access and Share Health Data via Apps?
Thanks to a decade of effort, nearly every U.S. hospital today stores health data electronically. […]
ONC Publishes USCDI+ Quality Data Element List to Support CMS Digital Quality Measurement Modernization Initiative and Overall Quality Reporting
ONC recently released the draft USCDI+ Quality data element list for public comment on the […]
WowzaPalooza – A Post-Health Datapalooza 2023 Health IT Roundup
In case you missed it, Health Datapalooza happened toward the end of February. The aptly […]
New CMS Rules Advancing Interoperability
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed two important new rules in December […]
Achieving a Major Milestone: Health IT Developers Certify to Cures Update
ONC is delighted to report that on December 31, 2022, the health IT community passed […]
ONC’s Health Information Technology Advisory Committee: 2022 Recap and a Look Ahead to 2023
The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) plays an important role in ONC activities and […]
OSTP, in Partnership with ONC, Seeks Input on Optimizing Data Capture for Clinical Trials
This blog post is co-authored with Jennifer Roberts, Assistant Director for Health Technologies, White House […]
Electronic Health Records (EHR)s Now Permitted By CLIA
On March 1, 2010, CMS, in collaboration with ONC, released guidance clarifying that the Clinical […]