Leila Samy | November 19, 2015
Today we celebrate the work of rural communities around the country that are working with ONC to bring health IT innovation into their practices, including initiatives that 1) help rural and poor communities locate financing and facilitate broadband connectivity to support health information exchange and telehealth infrastructure and 2) leverage health IT and Blue Button to improve care coordination for rural Veterans who seek care both within the VA and their local community providers.
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Steven Posnack | October 22, 2015
Steven Posnack | October 16, 2015
I know you might be wondering, “what’s next?” now that ONC’s 2015 Edition final rule has formally published in the Federal Register.
This milestone kicks off the next phase of our work to implement the 2015 Edition’s regulatory requirements. Starting next week and over the next few weeks, ONC will be releasing two types of documents to immediately help jumpstart health IT development efforts to the 2015 Edition.
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Daniel Levinson | October 6, 2015
This week, the Department marks “National Health IT Week” 2015. In connection with the Department’s efforts, my office has issued a new OIG Alert entitled “OIG Policy Reminder: Information Blocking and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute”.
Health IT has become a critical part of the health care system and offers opportunities to improve patient care, make practice management more efficient, and improve public health. We also know that we must be vigilant in ensuring that health IT is used to achieve these benefits and not as a tool to facilitate health care fraud.
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Gajen Sunthara | September 25, 2015
For the past year, I have been honored to serve my country as a Presidential Innovation Fellow (PIF) with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). As my PIF journey comes to an end, I wanted to provide a brief recap of my work and its potential for the future.
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