A new report aims to understand the experiences of patients and health care providers with collecting and documenting social determinants of health (SDOH). The report explores the current experiences of providers and patients with SDOH, their views of what SDOH data elements are critical to document, how this documentation should occur in the future, and barriers to increased data collection, utilization, and exchange. 

The Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT program issued a Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) for 2025. The SEN will fund two areas of emphasis. The first area focuses on demonstrating the readiness of FHIR-based Subscriptions for improving interactivity with third-party apps, and the second area focuses on identifying and testing innovative approaches that would inform future changes to the TEFCA infrastructure to increase adoption of Individual Access Service (IAS).  

Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 6 (Draft USCDI v6) is now available! Draft USCDI v6 seeks to advance health data in a way that will benefit users of health IT. The comment period for Draft USCDI v6 is open through April 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.

As technology continues to transform healthcare, the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) is leading the charge to shape the future of health IT. From advancing interoperability standards to exploring the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), HITAC’s work is laying the foundation for a smarter, more connected healthcare system.

The 11th annual Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition is now available. This year’s edition includes important alignment updates to the Administrative and Pharmacy sections, as well as smaller updates across other pages, including Public Health and Unique Device Identification, and Admit, Discharge, and Transfer Notifications.