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From the ONC Desk Office of the National Coordinator update
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 28, 2014
On Thursday, October 23rd, Dr. Karen DeSalvo was asked by Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to become Acting Assistant Secretary of Health (ASH) to serve the country on public health matters, especially the Department’s Ebola response efforts.
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Privacy and Security Building a Culture of Health IT Privacy and Security
Aja Williams | October 23, 2014
Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility. You’ve probably heard this many times during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as well as throughout the year. It’s an important principle — one that we at ONC firmly believe.
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Interoperability Input on Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap, made transparent by ONC
John Rancourt | October 16, 2014
We promised that the journey for drafting the nationwide interoperability roadmap would be collaborative and transparent, and today we are posting public summaries from a number of in-person meetings we held. ONC used a variety of channels to work collaboratively with and accept feedback from stakeholders as we developed the draft roadmap we posted earlier. These included meetings with industry subject matter experts (SMEs) and state health IT leaders.
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From the ONC Desk Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Data for Health Initiative
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 16, 2014
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) launched an initiative to assess how data can be used to improve health in our country. Data for Health seeks to explore how information and data can be harnessed to help people lead healthier lives and build a culture of health.
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From the ONC Desk ONC’s Interoperability Roadmap update
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | October 15, 2014
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) convenes the first joint meeting of the Health Information Technology Policy and Standards Committees. We intend to spend the day discussing interoperability in the health information ecosystem.
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