Health Information Exchange, Interoperability, Standards Achieving Widespread Use of Direct Secure Messaging by US Hospitals
Jordan Everson | July 15, 2025
In 2010, our office helped launch the Direct Project amidst the rollout of the ONC Health IT Certification Program and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. The Direct Project created Direct Secure Messaging, a simple, secure, scalable, and standards-based method to send health information between partners and to provide a straightforward pathway to acquire unique provider and organizational addresses to engage in exchange that resembles secure email. Direct was first piloted in two projects: in Minnesota,
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Health Information Exchange, Interoperability, TEFCA TEFCA Priorities and Plans for the Remainder of 2025
Steven Posnack | July 7, 2025
As we roll into the second half of 2025, we wanted to state our TEFCA™ priorities and plans for the remainder of the year.
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Digital Dividends, Health Data, Patient Access How Digitization of Patient Access Empowered Patients
Chelsea Richwine | July 2, 2025
In 2024, more patients than ever before accessed their medical records online through web browsers and apps to manage their health – here’s why that matters.
Last year we put out a series of blog posts featuring measures and metrics we’ve tracked for ten or more years to assess progress on important ASTP/ONC mission activities. This year, we’re kicking off a new blog series titled, “Digital Dividends” which will discuss important innovations and opportunities in health care delivery,
Health IT, Standards Advancements in Health IT: ASTP/ONC’s Approved SVAP Standards for 2025
Shawn Spurlock | June 30, 2025
As part of ASTP/ONC’s annual Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), the Approved Standards for 2025 are now available. SVAP is designed to support industry interoperability needs and enable the use of newer standards in the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program). Beginning August 29, 2025, Health IT developers participating in the Certification Program can voluntarily incorporate the 2025 SVAP standards into their Certified Health IT Modules.
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From the ASTP Desk Passing the Baton
Micky Tripathi | January 19, 2025
At 12:00 noon on January 20, 2021, I became the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). At 12:00 noon on January 20, 2025, I will leave my role as the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of HHS. My 4 years in this job – leading a phenomenally talented and dedicated ASTP team, advancing HHS’s technology strategy and policies to keep pace with the modern age,
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