Caring for our loved ones with Health IT: Celebrating National Caregivers Month
zThis blog is written to honor all of the caregivers who give tirelessly of themselves […]
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Heat Wave: The U.S. is Poised to Catch FHIR in 2019
Recent blog posts from the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology highlight the importance of […]
APIs: A Path to Putting Patients at the Center
I remember when visiting a city required paper maps and often actual guidebooks. Today, I […]
Hype to Reality: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Transform Health and Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) – the ability of computers to learn human-like functions or tasks – […]
Caregiving in an Electronic Age
As the youngest child in a relatively large extended family, I never thought I would […]
New Data on Skilled Nursing Facilities Use of Electronic Health Records Establish the Path for Progress
Data released today by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC) […]
A 5-year Goal to Transition the ONC Health IT Certification Program’s Testing Portfolio
Throughout its seven-year history, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) […]
Advancing Health IT and Preventing Data Blocking through Model Contract Language
As we move to transform the health care system into one that delivers more coordinated […]
ONC Publishes New Reports on Health IT Safety
Safety is and always has been a top priority at ONC. We have incorporated safety […]
Spotlighting Our Legislative Proposals to Better Foster the Flow of Health Information
We have witnessed dramatic changes in the adoption and use of health information technology (health […]
A Different Point of View: The Age of TEFCA and QHINs Mandates Point-of-Care Diagnostic Filtering and Interoperability
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently named the first six Qualified Health Information […]
Kaiser Permanente, Johns Hopkins and 25 others pledge to join TEFCA, prioritize interoperability
Epic is a member of the inaugural group of six prospective QHINs that were recognized […]
NIH and ONC Launch the Sync for Science (S4S) Pilot: Enabling Individual Health Data Access and Donation
S4S pilots are coming! On February 25, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in […]
EHR Incentive Programs: Where We Go Next
Where We’ve Been As we mentioned in a speech last week, the Administration is working […]
A Presidential Innovation Fellow’s View on APIs, Patient Empowerment, and Improving Health Outcomes
For the past year, I have been honored to serve my country as a Presidential […]