Source: Modern Healthcare
While the incoming Trump administration has promised to significantly cut the size of the federal government, Tripathi doesn’t think any reductions would — or should — include the agency formerly known as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. ONC became the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in July, a move giving it oversight of HHS’ department-level and interagency technology, data and artificial intelligence functions. This month also represents the one-year anniversary of when the agency made the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, meant to create a baseline for health information-sharing across different provider systems, fully operational.