John Rancourt | January 25, 2013
Health information exchange (HIE) is not easy. ONC has sponsored expert research on various technical and business-related health information exchange topics, because we know that professionals engaged in implementing health information exchange must possess business acumen and technical expertise, on top of policy savvy and many other competencies. Without these skills there are many ways to overreach, or just as perilously, under reach, resulting in failure to maximize the long-term value of services offered through health information exchange.
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Dr. Doug Fridsma | January 24, 2013
Last week, I highlighted the work ONC does with the international health IT community at a broad level. Today, I’m going to do a “deeper dive” into some of the specifics. It’s important to note that in all of our international efforts we have worked to align our domestic priorities with the international health IT community. Much of our standards work focuses on an international set of “building blocks for interoperability” that aligns with our domestic portfolio of national health IT standards.
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari | January 22, 2013
A recent story characterized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as both “the federal office in charge of a massive rollout of electronic health records” as well as “an office whose primary role has been cheerleader” for health information technology. Well, which is it?
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Dr. Doug Fridsma | January 18, 2013
At the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) meeting last week, I gave an update on some of the health IT standards and technology highlights from last year, and a high-level view of the work ahead for this year’s standards work.
Obviously, much of the work of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Office of Science & Technology (OST) is focused on the domestic challenges of interoperability and the technology requirements for meaningful use,
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari | December 20, 2012
Earlier this year, ONC issued a request for information regarding a potential governance mechanism for the nationwide health information network. Based on the comments and feedback we received from multiple stakeholders, ONC announced in September that we would not be issuing federal regulations. Instead, we committed to launch a range of activities to support existing governance initiatives and advance governance goals of nationwide health information exchange: increase interoperability, decrease the cost and complexity of exchange, and increase trust among participants to mobilize trusted exchange to support patient care.
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