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FACA Register to Be Considered for Health IT Policy and Standards Committee Workgroups
Judy Murphy | October 11, 2012
Are you interested in participating on a workgroup of the Health IT Policy and Standards Committees? You can register now to be considered for these workgroups. Please register at ONC’s Workgroup Application Database .
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Privacy and Security Meaningful Choice: Patient-Centered Decision Making in Electronic Health Information Exchange
Kathryn Marchesini | October 3, 2012
Health Care Providers, Key Agents of Trust for Patients
A key purpose for developing a secure private computer network in the health care industry is establishing the capability for health care providers to access and share patient health information electronically and securely over the Internet to support patient care, often referred to as a health information exchange (HIE).
Regional Extension Centers Using Information about Challenges to EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use to Find Global Solutions
Dawn Heisey-Grove | October 2, 2012
In November 2011, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) began working with the nation’s 62 Regional Extension Centers (RECs) to create a comprehensive dataset of challenges that providers are experiencing in the journey toward electronic health record (EHR) adoption and meaningful use.
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Consumer Engagement The Power of the Blue Button
Lygeia Ricciardi | October 1, 2012
In August 2010, just 25 months ago, President Obama announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was going to make Veterans’ personal health records available to them online with something called the “Blue Button.” Blue Button is an incredibly simple idea. It puts electronic information in the hands of patients—safely, reliably, and conveniently.
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State HIE Extending the Value of the Direct Project in Arkansas
Erica Galvez | September 27, 2012
Arkansas is rapidly becoming a leader in health information exchange. Since launching their statewide secure messaging tool (SHARE) in January 2012, Arkansas’s Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) has registered more than 2,100 clinical and administrative staff to use it, with another 3,000 in queue to be fully on-boarded. SHARE uses the national standard for secure health information transport developed by ONC’s Direct Project. For a rural state that started their State HIE Cooperative Agreement with no existing exchange infrastructure and limited electronic health record (EHR) adoption,
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