What’s Happening at the ASTP/ONC
Support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide, standards-based health information exchange to improve health care. here is what is happening at the ASTP.
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Increase in Exchange of Vaccination Data in Nebraska, Powered by the STAR HIE Program
By LaVerne Perlie & Jaime Bland – ASTP talked with Jaime Bland CEO, at CyncHealth to learn how the STAR HIE Program supported the state’s public health agency with the exchange of health information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Setting Our Sights Toward a Healthier, More Innovative, Data-Driven Future
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has released the final 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
Getting Real about Information Blocking and APIs
By Micky Tripathi – Our country has made tremendous strides and invested billions of private and public dollars in establishing the digital future of the health care system. We are thus highly concerned about ongoing and recent reports that we have received about potential violations of…
The Global Digital Health Partnership: Engaging Individuals for Worldwide Wellness
By Elise Sweeney Anthony & Aisha Hasan – In the dynamic landscape of global health, one principle stands out as a common thread across countries: the importance of individual engagement. Increasingly recognized for its transformative impact on individual health outcomes, individual engagement is a concept that…
Introducing the 2024 Draft Federal FHIR® Action Plan
By Avinash Shanbhag & Adam Wong – The draft action plan serves as a single resource for federal agencies and anyone else in the health IT community looking for the FHIR-based capabilities being used today by the federal government. Feedback on the action plan is being accepted through Nov. 25.
2024 LEAP in Health IT Awardees
LEAP in Health IT awardees seek to create methods and tools to improve care delivery, advance research capabilities, and address emerging challenges related to interoperable health IT.
ASTP/ONC Goals on Interoperability
NOW on Demand Tell Me Where IT Hurts episode with host Dr. Jay Anders and his guest Deputy Director, Certification & Testing Division at the ONC, Jeffery Smith. Now renamed Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) learn about the reorg and their goals.
ASTP Partnership with HL7 Advances Standards Development
By Alex Kontur – Often functioning behind the scenes, standards play an enormous role in our daily lives. Nearly every aspect of our modern world is shaped by standards, including our homes (building codes, electrical outlets), cars (safety requirements, fuel efficiency), and the food we eat (nutrition labels).