Inside ASTP ONC Staff Profiles – Malikah “Mikki” Smith
Mikki Smith | September 2, 2022
How does your division/office fit into ONC?
Cybersecurity is a critical component to create trust for the ongoing use and advancement of information technology. As part of ONC’s Cybersecurity and Enterprise Architecture Division (CEAD), I lead a team that works to provide cybersecurity and enterprise architecture management functions in an integrated and holistic approach across ONC to ensure and facilitate informed IT Capital Planning and investments, enterprise risk posture & management and coordinated Health IT cyber/privacy support.
Health IT, Interoperability USCDI+ In Action! ONC and HRSA launch USCDI+ Initiative to support UDS Modernization
Ryan Argentieri | August 29, 2022
A few months ago, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) launched the USCDI+ initiative to support the identification and establishment of domain or program-specific datasets that will operate as extensions to the existing United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI). Recently, our colleagues at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) saw an opportunity to leverage USCDI+ and we have now launched a new USCDI+ collaboration to support HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting through the UDS Modernization Initiative.
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Electronic Health & Medical Records, Health IT, Health IT Safety, Public Health Using Health IT Integration to Address the Drug Overdose Crisis
Lolita Kachay | August 23, 2022
The drug overdose crisis in the United States continues to expand – the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020.
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Health Innovation, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Public Health Coming Soon: The 2022 Tech Forum is Around the Corner!
Brett Andriesen | August 22, 2022
Registration is open for the 2022 ONC Tech Forum! This year’s event will be held virtually over three consecutive “Forum Fridays” on September 9, 16 and 23.
Come join us to hear from industry, government leaders, and ONC staff about the progress made over the past year in health IT. We’ll discuss how ONC and stakeholders are working together to meet today’s challenges, while laying the groundwork for a future digital health care system that advances health care delivery,
Health Information Exchange, Health IT Certification Program, Health IT Policy On the Road to Cures Update: Certified API Technology
Avinash Shanbhag | August 19, 2022
The moments we’ve all been waiting for since 2016 are fast approaching: the 21st Century Cures Act infrastructure is coming into place in 2022! The Cures Act laid out a vision for a rich health IT ecosystem of standards-based APIs and nationwide health information networks to securely open up electronically accessible information to patients themselves and to health care professionals supporting their care. As we’ve discussed in previous blogs, progress on nationwide network integration via TEFCA continues apace,
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