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What’s Happening at the ONC

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 new proposals to establish disincentives for health care providers, a webinar to learn about the proposals in the rule, an updated version of the Security Risk Assessment Tool, & more.

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Consequences for Information Blocking

By Micky Tripathi & Jonathan Blum – A new proposed rule released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services details HHS’ first steps for holding health care providers accountable for information blocking under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act).


What’s Happening at the ONC

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 an updated version of the SRA Tool, a new data brief on hospital use of APIs, and several fall events to attend.


Checking In on Hospital EHR APIs

By Catherine Strawley & Wes Barker – Thanks to a decade of effort, nearly every U.S. hospital today stores health data electronically. To put that data to work, however, clinicians and patients need to be able to access and appropriately share that data.


Advancing Genomic Data-Sharing for Research and Patient Care

By Stephanie Garcia – Genomic variations can affect a patient’s risk for cancer, response to medications, and numerous other vital health outcomes. In fact, nine of the ten leading causes of death in the U.S. are influenced by genomic factors. The need for systems that help clinicians integrate genomics into care decisions has grown in importance.


What’s Happening at the ONC

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 the Sync for Genes Project has released its final findings, the annual comment period for the ISA is open, a new workshop webinar on Navigating Federal Employment, & more.


Getting Ready for EHI Export: A Quick Guide

By Rob Anthony – All certified Health IT Modules that are part of a health IT product that stores electronic health information are required to certify to the Electronic Health Information export criterion (45 CFR 170.315 (b)(10)) and make the functionality available to end users by December 31, 2023.



Lantern: Lighting the Way on FHIR Implementation

By Wes Barker & Wei Chang – The ONC Cures Act Final Rule (Cures Rule) supports patients’ and providers’ access to electronic health information through Health Level Seven (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) application programming interfaces (APIs).