Avinash Shanbhag
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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).
Read Full Post.Introducing the 2024 Draft Federal FHIR® Action Plan
Avinash Shanbhag | September 23, 2024
ASTP released the 2024 Draft Federal FHIR® Action Plan, a curated catalog of federal agency uses of the Health Level Seven (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) standard and associated implementation specifications. Federal agencies are adopting and using FHIR to meet a range of agency needs, including facilitating care coordination and expanding individuals access to their health information. The draft action plan serves as a single resource for federal agencies and anyone else in the health IT community looking for the FHIR-based capabilities being used today by the federal government.
Read Full Post.On the Road to Cures Update: Certified API Technology
Avinash Shanbhag | August 19, 2022
The moments we’ve all been waiting for since 2016 are fast approaching: the 21st Century Cures Act infrastructure is coming into place in 2022! The Cures Act laid out a vision for a rich health IT ecosystem of standards-based APIs and nationwide health information networks to securely open up electronically accessible information to patients themselves and to health care professionals supporting their care. As we’ve discussed in previous blogs, progress on nationwide network integration via TEFCA continues apace,
Read Full Post.Aligning with Standards Development Community: The New Cycle for Standards Version Advancement Process
Avinash Shanbhag | October 15, 2021
As part of ONC’s ongoing charge to coordinate across federal and industry stakeholders, we determined it was necessary to adjust our Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline. Although it may seem like this process has been around for a while, it’s still brand new and we’ve been looking at ways to optimize how the process aligns with other standards development work in the community. The changes we’ve made will help ensure timely publication of implementation specifications central to our cadence for new versions of USCDI.
Read Full Post.LEAPing into Action: New Awards Ignite Health IT Research and Care
Avinash Shanbhag | September 23, 2020
Today, ONC announced the latest awards under its Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity, which supports innovation to address emerging challenges and advance the development and use of interoperable health IT. These projects tackle creation of new standards, methods, and tools, such as application programing interfaces (APIs) and mobile applications (apps), to improve care delivery and advance research capabilities.
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