By Brett Andriesen & Holly Miller – Transitions of care (e.g. from a nursing home to an emergency department) are often difficult, but are even more dangerous for the patient and healthcare providers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ONC is working with private-sector innovators to find unique and rapid ways to help move patients from the hospital to the nursing home, or vice versa.
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By Jawanna Henry, Brett Andriesen, Kevin Chaney MGS, Tracy Okubo & Allison Dennis – Each year since 2018, new Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health IT awardees join an entrepreneurial group dedicated to developing and scaling technological breakthroughs. Together, these awardees bring forth solutions to advance research capabilities and improve care delivery.
By Avinash Shanbhag & Andrew Hayden – On the heels of the release of United States Core Data for Interoperability USCDI Version 2, ONC has also opened a single, synchronized feedback period for the Interoperability Standards Advisory, the Standards Version Advancement Process, and the draft United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3.
By Anastasia Perchem & Lolita Kachay – It’s time for 2021 ONC Tech Forum! This year it will be held virtually on two consecutive Fridays: September 10 and 17. Come join us to hear about industry perspectives on the progress made in health IT over the past year…
By Talisha Searcy, Yuriy Pylypchuk, Wes Barker & William Encinosa – ONC is excited to share findings from newly published research that sheds light on the impact adoption of 2015 Edition certified health information technology has had on hospitals’ rates of interoperability.
By Michael Wittie & Jeff Smith – In section 3009A of the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, Congress created the “Electronic Health Record Reporting Program” and required health IT developers participating in the ONC Health IT Certification Program to publicly report certain information about their certified health IT products consistent with a new “condition of maintaining certification.”
By Micky Tripathi & Mariann Yeager – Timeline announced for TEFCA. The 21st Century Cures Act, signed by President Obama in 2016, calls on ONC to “develop or support a trusted exchange framework, including a common agreement among health information networks nationally.”
By Aaron Miri MBA & Denise Webb MA – As part of HHS’s response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats, ONC’s HITAC recently held an expert panel hearing to understand…
By Jawanna Henry & Samantha Meklir – Social determinants of health are the conditions in environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.