What’s Happening at the ONC – 12-21-2018
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.
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HHS Announces CHPL Data Challenge Winners
The U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced the winners of the Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) Data Challenge.
HIE Rundown – 12-07-18
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
Strategy on Reducing Regulatory & Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of HIT & EHRs
By Andrew Gettinger MD & Kate Goodrich MD – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs for public comment.
HHS Issues Draft Strategy to Reduce Health IT Burden
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a draft strategy designed to help reduce administrative and regulatory burden on clinicians caused by the use of health information technology such as electronic health records.
ONC Wants to Reduce the Burdens It Helped Create
By William Hyman – Once again, we are assured that ONC wants to reduce the burdens they helped create. This time we learn of these desires in the draft “Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs.”
2018 ONC Annual Meeting
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will hold the 2018 Annual Meeting November 29-30, 2018 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 11-16-2018
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. News includes ONC Now Hiring, 2018 Annual Meeting, and Playing with FHIR® – An ONC Developer Workshop.
ONC and OCR Bolster the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool with New Features and Improved Functionality
Patients expect not only quality health care to keep them healthy, but also trust that their most sensitive health information will be protected from threats and vulnerabilities that could lead to the compromise of one’s health information.