Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | December 2, 2014
Health primarily happens outside the doctor’s office—playing out in the arenas where we live, learn, work and play. In fact, a minority of our overall health is the result of the health care we receive . If we’re to have an accurate picture of health, we need more than what is currently captured in the electronic health record.
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Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 28, 2014
On Thursday, October 23rd, Dr. Karen DeSalvo was asked by Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to become Acting Assistant Secretary of Health (ASH) to serve the country on public health matters, especially the Department’s Ebola response efforts.
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Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 16, 2014
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 15, 2014
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) convenes the first joint meeting of the Health Information Technology Policy and Standards Committees. We intend to spend the day discussing interoperability in the health information ecosystem.
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Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 9, 2014
Today HHS and ONC submitted the annual report to Congress on progress on the HITECH Act including health IT adoption, health information exchange and use of electronic health information to advance better care and better health. This report highlights progress and accomplishments in advancing a resilient and flexible health IT infrastructure for our nation.
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