Hearing Set on Halting of DoD, VA iEHR Initative
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Decision to Drop integrated EHR (iEHR) The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing later this month…
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ONC Will Host Open Town Hall on HIE Governance,Interoperability
Advancing Governance of Nationwide Health Information Exchange (HIE) The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership that enables secure and interoperable nationwide health information exchange…
ONC Standards Committee Urges Stage 3 Menu Options in Lieu of Core
Make interoperability the priority In recommendations on stage 3 meaningful use, the Office of the National Coordinator’s Health IT Standards Committee is urging ONC leaders…
ONC Asks for Input on Interoperability Testing Scenerio
First Draft of ONC Test Scenario Open for Comment On September 4, 2012 the ONC issued the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification…
ONC Initiative Looks to Identify Uses of EHR Interoperability
EHR Interoperability: The Structured Data Capture Initiative Dr. Doug Fridsma / Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science & Technology .. Last week, we kicked-off…
ONC to Host Joint Hearing on Health Information Exchange
HIT Policy and HIT Standards Committees Hold Hearing Tomorrow Tomorrow, January 29, 2013, the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee will…
All the Tools in the Toolbox: How ONC Delivered Value In 2012
A recent story characterized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as both “the federal office in charge of a massive rollout of electronic health records” as well as “an office whose primary role has been cheerleader” for health information technology. Well, which is it?
To be fair, since David Brailer’s time, the National Coordinator for Health IT has had two distinct roles:
HIMSS 13 Offers ‘Meaningful Use’ Experience, Interoperability Showcase
HIMSS Conference – Health IT at the Right Time, Right Place We are just seven weeks away to the start of the HIMSS Annual Conference…
Health Care System To Benefit From Recent HIE Progress
Reason for Optimism About Health Information Exchange By Brian Ahier, writing for iHealthBeat.org The stars seem to be aligned for rapid progress in health information…