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Micky Tripathi | July 25, 2024
In April, ONC commemorated its 20th birthday. Milestones like this offer the opportunity to take a break from our busy schedules to pause and reflect. I have been privileged to play a part in ONC’s journey throughout these past two decades, and I would like to share some of my reflections. But first, I would like to share some exciting news.
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A Decade of Data Examined A Decade of Data Examined: Progress and Challenges in Electronic Public Health Reporting
Chelsea Richwine | July 22, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted deficiencies in the U.S. public health infrastructure, leaving health care providers and public health authorities (PHAs) ill-equipped to collect and exchange timely and accurate information needed to inform rapid response during the public health emergency. The fourth post in our “A Decade of Data Examined” blog series highlights early efforts to incentivize electronic public health reporting by health care providers to support PHAs’ public health surveillance and ability to respond to current and future public health threats.
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A Decade of Data Examined, Health Data A Decade of Data Examined: The Evolution of Electronic Prescribing
Meghan Gabriel | July 15, 2024
The electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) landscape continues to evolve and many positive advances have been made over the past decade. This blog post showcases the rapid growth in e-prescribing, steps taken towards laying the essential groundwork for the current state of e-prescribing, and what remains to be accomplished. This post is our third in the “A Decade of Data Examined” blog series.
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Health IT Addressing the US Maternal Health Crisis: Your role in the ONC USCDI+ Maternal Health Dataset
Leonie Misquitta | June 27, 2024
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among high-income countries. To address this maternal health crisis, there has been an increased focus on improving health outcomes related to pregnancy and making maternal health a national priority. This is reflected in national maternal health initiatives, like the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis. Goal 3 of the Blueprint focuses on advancing data collection, standardization, harmonization, transparency, and research.
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Health IT Advancements in Health IT: ONC’s Approved SVAP Standards for 2024
Robert Anthony | June 20, 2024
As part of ONC’s annual Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), we’re excited to announce the Approved Standards for 2024 (2024 SVAP standards). The SVAP is designed to support industry interoperability needs by adding new standards to be used in the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program). The 2024 SVAP standards reflect feedback from federal, state, and industry partners over a four-month public comment period. Beginning August 19, 2024, health IT developers participating in the Certification Program can voluntarily incorporate the 2024 SVAP Standards into their Certified Health IT Modules.
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