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Health Data, Health Innovation, Health IT, Interoperability, ONC Events, ONC Funded Projects, Standards San Diego Health Connect Takes a Big LEAP Over the Barrier of Consent Management
Beth Ellinport | April 12, 2022
Editor’s Note: On April 14, 2022 at the ONC Annual Meeting, San Diego Health Connect will be demo-ing their project in the exhibit hall.
How can we improve the ability of patient to convey their preferences regarding access to and use of their electronic medical record information? San Diego Health Connect – a recipient of an ONC Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health IT (LEAP) program award – developed a scalable consent framework for electronic health records to help answer this question.
Health Data, Health Innovation, Health IT, ONC Events, ONC Funded Projects, Standards Improving Person-Centered Care in Home and Community-Based Services with FHIR
Brenda Akinnagbe | April 12, 2022
Editor’s Note: On April 14, 2022 at the ONC Annual Meeting the Missouri DMH LEAP team will share insight into their pilot demonstration and progress to go live with integrating health care and HCBS data.
Integrating data from health care and home and community-based services (HCBS) to improve health outcomes is of growing importance, especially as the U.S. population ages and the demand for long-term services and supports (LTSS) grows.
Health Information Exchange, Health IT Certification Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – An Opportunity for Improved Care Coordination
Seth Pazinski | March 29, 2022
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all aspects of community life, as well as awareness of the barriers that people with disabilities still sometime face in connecting to the communities in which they live. ONC works to ensure that health IT improves the health and health care of all Americans, including vulnerable populations such as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
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Health Information Exchange HHS’ Strategy Aims to Enable Individuals to Access and Interact with their Health Data
Lisa-Nicole Sarnowski | March 28, 2022
The 2022-2026 HHS Strategic Plan is Live!
Today, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released the HHS Strategic Plan (Plan) for fiscal years 2022-2026, which addresses the complex, multifaceted, and evolving health and human services matters facing our nation. We look forward to advancing the Plan, including the strategies to improve the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information for patients, providers, payers, and other health and health care stakeholders.
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Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, Health IT, Interoperability, Standards ONC’s Health Information Technology Advisory Committee: A Year in Review and a Look Ahead
Mike Berry | March 9, 2022
The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) plays an important role in ONC activities and objectives. Required by the 21st Century Cures Act, the HITAC has been operational since 2018 and represents a wide range of health IT stakeholders who inform ONC’s policies and programs.
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