ONC Announces the New Blue Button Toolkit
A Single Source for Technical Standards & Guidelines to Support Patient Access to Their Health Data By Maya Uppaluru/Public Health Analyst, and Erin Siminerio, M.P.H./Senior…
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Developing a Shared, Nationwide Roadmap for Interoperability
From the ONC Buzz By Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, and Erica Galvez/Interoperability and Exchange Portfolio Manager, ONC When we issued our interoperability vision paper,…
Critical Access Hospitals Report Challenges
Yet Forge Ahead with Advanced Health IT Capabilities By Leila Samy/ Rural Health IT Coordinator, ONC , Meghan Gabriel/ Economist, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and…
Promoting Patient Safety by Managing Health IT Risks
From the ONC Buzz By Kathy Kenyon, JD/ Senior Policy Analyst , and Amy Helwig, MD, MS Everyone agrees that health IT safety is important….
National Blue Button Consumer Campaign
Launching this Fall By Lygeia Ricciardi/ Director, Office of Consumer eHealth, ONC , and Simone Myrie, Public Health Analyst at ONC At the recent Health…
Behavioral Health Data Exchange
Coalition of States, ONC & SAMHSA Successfully Piloted By John Rancourt/ Public Health Analyst, Office of Health Information Exchange , and H. Westley Clark, MD,…
Patient Engagement and Quality of Medical Records
Patients Play a Vital Role in Improving the Quality of Information in their Medical Records By Erin Poetter Siminerio/ ONC Blog Team , and Jodi…
A Call To Action for a Nationwide Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure
New ONC Paper Released By Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc Today we are pleased to release Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A…
PHR Ignite Demonstrates Exchange of Consumer Health Information
Personal Health Records By Caroline Coy, MPH/Program Analyst, State HIE Program For Shannon Parker, a mom in Salem, Oregon, having access to a Personal Health Record…