Inside ASTP Improving Information Sharing and Patient Safety: Hear from ONC’s Rachel Nelson
Rachel Nelson | April 3, 2024
Rachel Nelson is the compliance and administration branch chief in ONC’s office of policy, regulatory and policy affairs division. She leads an interdisciplinary team of subject-matter experts focused on advancing information sharing and patient safety.
1. Tell us about some of the projects or initiatives that you lead.
I have a diverse portfolio, spanning development and implementation of specific policies around information sharing, supporting enforcement of the ONC Health IT Certification Program’s regulations, and supporting the health IT safety work spearheaded by ONC’s clinical division.
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Health IT Advancing Nationwide, Trusted Health Information Networks
Seth Pazinski | April 2, 2024
Health IT has become integral to health care delivery and this trend has accelerated since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Hundreds of thousands of physician offices, hospitals, and health systems now use ONC-certified health IT to store, process, access, exchange, and use electronic health information (EHI), setting the groundwork for nationwide interoperability. A new report to Congress provides updates on this progress led and coordinated by ONC.
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Health IT Setting Our Sights Toward a Healthier, More Innovative, Data-Driven Future
Seth Pazinski | March 27, 2024
The draft 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan [PDF – 2.3 MB] (the draft Plan) is now open for public comment. The public comment period on the draft Plan ends on May 28, 2024 at 11:59:59 PM ET.
The draft Plan is a comprehensive and strategic effort developed by ONC in collaboration with more than 25 federal organizations.
Interoperability Looking Forward: HTI-2 & ONC’s Commitment to Furthering the Vision of Better Health Enabled by Data
Micky Tripathi | March 12, 2024
In the last three and a half years, we have been hard at work advancing the way interoperability supports the care environment. From Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) implementation to the HTI-1 Final Rule to information sharing initiatives, we look at all facets of the interoperability prism in our work. And, our work continues. On the heels of the release of the HTI-1 Final Rule, my team is hard at work on developing the Health Data,
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Inside ASTP ONC Welcomes New Chief Nursing Officer
Melinda (Mindy) Kidder | March 7, 2024
Mindy recently joined ONC as the new chief nursing officer (CNO). She brings more than 30 years of experience in patient care, nursing management, informatics, and complex project management in diverse healthcare organizations. As ONC’s new CNO, Mindy will be responsible for a wide range of projects and policy efforts that use her expertise and diverse skills to continue to advance ONC’s mission while contributing the perspective of the nursing profession to that work.
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