The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among high-income countries. To address this maternal health crisis, there has been an increased focus on improving health outcomes related to pregnancy and making maternal health a national priority. This is reflected in national maternal health initiatives, like the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis. Goal 3 of the Blueprint focuses on advancing data collection, standardization, harmonization, transparency, and research.

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As part of ONC’s annual Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), we’re excited to announce the Approved Standards for 2024 (2024 SVAP standards). The SVAP is designed to support industry interoperability needs by adding new standards to be used in the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program). The 2024 SVAP standards reflect feedback from federal, state, and industry partners over a four-month public comment period. Beginning August 19, 2024, health IT developers participating in the Certification Program can voluntarily incorporate the 2024 SVAP Standards into their Certified Health IT Modules.

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It’s time for our favorite summer tradition—this time on a new platform! The annual comment period for the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) will be open June 12 – August 12, 2024. This year we’re launching a new Interoperability Standards Platform (ISP) to house not only ISA, but all our other important standards initiatives, including the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI), USCDI+, Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), and many more.

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In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, nurses are at the forefront of patient care, witnessing firsthand the impact of transformative initiatives and regulatory updates. ONC’s HTI-1 final rule is a catalyst for change, ushering in a new era for health IT. In this blog post, we take a look from a nursing perspective at the promises, challenges, and potential HTI-1 implementation holds for patient care.

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Many digital health leaders in governments internationally face the same types of challenges that we do here in the United States (US). Despite differences in care delivery and payment models, countries around the world are focused on advancing interoperability, galvanizing patient-centered care, empowering individuals, reducing administrative burden for clinicians, and improving the safety, quality, and effectiveness of the health care that’s delivered to their populations.

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