By Chelsea Richwine & Wes Barker – The fourth post in our “A Decade of Data Examined” blog series highlights early efforts to incentivize electronic public health reporting by health care providers to support PHAs’ public health surveillance and ability to respond to current and future public health threats.
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From the Health IT Buzz Blog – The e-prescribing landscape continues to evolve and many positive advances have been made over the past decade. This blog post showcases the rapid growth in e-prescribing, steps taken towards laying the essential groundwork for the current state of e-prescribing, and what remains to be accomplished.
By Micky Tripathi – In April, ONC commemorated its 20th birthday. Milestones like this offer the opportunity to take a break from our busy schedules to pause and reflect. I have been privileged to play a part in ONC’s journey throughout these past two decades, and I would like to share some of my reflections. But first, I would like to share some exciting news.
By Rob Anthony – As part of ONC’s annual Standards Version Advancement Process, we’re excited to announce the Approved Standards for 2024 (2024 SVAP standards). The SVAP is designed to support industry interoperability needs by adding new standards to be used in the ONC Health IT Certification Program.
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – A decade ago, as EHRs were rapidly implemented across the country, ONC sought to make sure these newly implemented technologies were interoperable. Since 2014, ONC has tracked progress toward widespread interoperability among hospitals and physicians by measuring…
By Ashley Ashworth – It’s time for our favorite summer tradition—this time on a new platform! The annual comment period for the Interoperability Standards Advisory will be open June 12 – August 12, 2024.
By Steven Posnack & Jim Macrae – ONC’s USCDI+ program recently reached a milestone as part of a joint initiative started in August 2022 with HRSA. HRSA and HRSA Health Center Program grantees launched one of the first real-world implementations using the HL7® FHIR® Bulk Data Access standard as part of a federal program.
By Micky Tripathi – ONC’s information blocking regulations consider applicable law, and that now includes the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule. In short, complying with this new federal rule will not result in a determination of information blocking under ONC’s regulations.
By Lisa Lewis Person – ONC is more than an organization; it is a movement with a clear vision for all Americans to have better health enabled by data. ONC joined the health IT revolution when it was established by Executive Order on April 27, 2004. Let’s celebrate 20 years of progress in transforming American health care delivery!