The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (hereafter ASTP), has released the final 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (Plan).
The Plan is a tremendous step forward in the federal government’s continued focus on health IT and the opportunities it presents to improve care delivery and care coordination. The Plan builds on the preceding 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan to advance the access,

In the dynamic landscape of global health, one principle stands out as a common thread across countries: the importance of individual engagement. Increasingly recognized for its transformative impact on individual health outcomes, individual engagement is a concept that lies at the heart of initiatives spearheaded by the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP), including the recently launched International Insights on Individual Engagement (the I-E). As a collaboration of country governments and the World Health Organization formed to support the executive implementation of worldwide digital health services,

Often functioning behind the scenes, standards play an enormous role in our daily lives. Nearly every aspect of our modern world is shaped by standards, including our homes (building codes, electrical outlets), cars (safety requirements, fuel efficiency), and the food we eat (nutrition labels). Standards in healthcare impact medical education, clinical practice, quality of care, and patient safety. Likewise, modern health information technology (IT) systems, like electronic health records (EHRs), rely on data standards to record and exchange health information.