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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Health IT, Interoperability Advancing Cancer Care through FHIR-Based Reporting: Updates from USCDI+ Cancer
Micky Tripathi | January 8, 2025
Recognizing the importance of seamless data exchange in oncology, six health IT vendors have committed to supporting USCDI+ Cancer data elements (two more organizations pledged to promote cancer-related activities in their work), marking a significant step toward a more interoperable and standardized healthcare system. The White House announced these activities in March, 2024 to improve cancer care through enhanced utilization of EHR data, highlighting ASTP’s efforts around the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI),
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Interoperability National Survey Reveals New Insights on Health Information Organizations
Wei Chang | January 7, 2025
Health information exchange organizations (HIOs) are networks that enable the electronic exchange of health information across participating health care providers, public health agencies, payers, and other entities. They also have a unique, wide-angle lens on the state of interoperability nationwide. Since 2020, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) has partnered with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Civitas Networks for Health (Civitas) to survey HIOs. We recently published a number of studies from the most recent survey,
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Health IT Certification, Information Blocking App Registration, Delay No More
Avinash Shanbhag | December 19, 2024
In recent blog posts “IB the API, I Think Not” and “Getting Real about Information Blocking and APIs” we discussed concerns about practices, actions, and behaviors that run counter to our policies promoting an open, standards-based approach to interoperability. Recent and ongoing reports received from “API Users,” which includes, among others, health care providers and app developers, indicate that certified health IT developers (in this context “Certified API developers”) have been engaging in activities that could be non-conformities under the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program).
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AI & ML Three Quick Points about the 2024 HHS AI Use Case Inventory
Steven Posnack | December 16, 2024
It’s that time of the year when we all close out annual processes. In this case, we at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) through the hard work of our Office of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (OCAIO) are pleased to let you know that HHS’ 2024 AI Use Case Inventory is available for review.
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