Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including comment period for SVAP due 5/22, funding opportunity: 2023 LEAP in Health IT, SEN, several upcoming events & more.
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By Rachel Nelson & Kathryn Marchesini – We often get asked about how ONC’s information blocking regulations and HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules interact with one another. To help clarify, ONC just released a few new information blocking FAQs that illustrate how the federal regulations interact.
Don’t miss the ONC at HIMSS at their booth in the Federal Health Pavilion and at the many sessions they are participating in. Check out these sessions we have rounded up for you. And catch up on what else the ONC has been up to.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of March that we think deserve sharing again.
ONC released a NPRM for public comment on proposals to implement certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and make several enhancements to the ONC Health IT Certification Program to advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support the access, exchange, and use of EHI.
By Jawanna Henry & Wei Chang – Complete and accurate information on a patient’s social determinants of health, including specific needs related to food, housing, and transportation insecurity, can help their clinicians and social services providers take a more holistic approach to an individual’s health and well-being.
By Yuriy Pylypchuk & Wes Barker – In 2020, as the U.S. health care system faced the unprecedented challenge of combating the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine emerged as an invaluable care delivery tool; both providers and patients heavily relied on it for providing and receiving care.
By Seth Pazinski, Peter Karras, & Kim Lundberg – A new ONC report to Congress updating progress on the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information is now available. Hundreds of thousands of physician offices, hospitals, and health systems across the U.S. have transitioned from…
By David Burda – Yes, my journalistic skepticism borders on cynicism. But come on already! Nearly 40 percent of hospitals in the U.S. still fail to meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ definition of interoperability.