By Steven Posnack – On May 9, 2016, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Move Health Data Forward Challenge to promote innovation in the area of consumer-mediated exchange.
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By Steven Posnack – At this year’s Health Datapalooza 2017, Adam Culbertson (HIMSS Innovator in Residence at ONC) and I gave a five minute “coming attraction” presentation about a patient matching algorithm challenge ONC will launch in June.
By Steven Posnack – In our everyday lives standards enable tasks to be completed more efficiently, reduce configuration costs, and add predictability in markets that can help the lower barriers to entry for innovative products.
By Steven Posnack – Health data often travels a long distance before it gets to its final destination. Additionally, data can be represented in a number of different ways.
By Steven Posnack MS, MHS – On January 10, ONC submitted the recently published 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory, a catalog of standards and implementation specifications that are or could be used to advance the seamless and secure flow of electronic health information.
By Steven Posnack & Thomas Sparkman – Last year, HL7 released an implementation guide that provides a standardized way to exchange the catalogs of (thousands) laboratory tests and services that a clinical laboratory can perform.
The ISA is a coordinated catalog of standards and implementation specifications that are available for use by the health information technology industry to meet interoperability needs. Yesterday, the ONC with Steven Posnack hosted #ISAchat.
By Steven Posnack & Chris Muir – The ONC published the draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) for public comment. The ISA is a coordinated catalog of standards and implementation specifications.
By Elise Sweeney Anthony & Steven Posnack – Health IT developers must now comply with enhanced transparency requirements associated with their products. It is applicable to the 2014 Edition, as well as newly issued 2015 Edition of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.