2023 Posts

Flipping the Script: Leveraging EHR Data to Inform Clinical Burden Reduction Approaches

Chelsea Richwine | February 6, 2023

In 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a strategy to reduce regulatory and administrative burden relating to the use of health IT, including electronic health record (EHR) systems. Key burden reduction goals addressed in the report include reducing the amount of time and effort required to record information in EHRs to meet regulatory requirements and improving the usability of EHRs.

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Inside ASTP

ONC Staff Profile: Athena Curtiss – Budget as Public Health

Athena Curtiss | January 23, 2023

As the team lead for budget formulation, Athena Curtiss works in the office of the chief operating officer, financial and human capital division, which is responsible for the formulation and execution of ONC’s budget.

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Health Data

Evidence on the Growing Use of Health IT to Address the Opioid Epidemic

Chelsea Richwine | January 19, 2023

In the midst of a growing drug overdose crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians’ use of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) technology is critical to improving opioid prescribing practices, informing treatment decisions, and supporting safe and effective patient care. Recent efforts, such as mandating use of EPCS technology and integrating PDMPs into electronic health record (EHR) systems, aim to improve prescribing practices by increasing the utility of information contained in PDMPs and decreasing prescription diversion and doctor shopping.

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Health IT

ONC’s Health Information Technology Advisory Committee: 2022 Recap and a Look Ahead to 2023

Mike Berry | January 19, 2023

The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) plays an important role in ONC activities and objectives. Required by the 21st Century Cures Act, the HITAC has been operational since 2018 and represents a wide range of experts in health IT who inform ONC’s policies and programs.

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Health IT, Interoperability

2023 ISA Reference Edition Is Here

Andrew Hayden | January 10, 2023

We are excited to continue a New Year’s tradition at ONC with the release of the annual Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition! The 2023 ISA Reference Edition, the ninth annual publication, reflects more than 150 comments received by ONC during a 60-day public comment period that closed September 30, 2022.

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