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University-Based Training ONC Health IT Fellows: National Learning from Local Champs
Lisa-Nicole Sarnowski | August 6, 2013
ONC is pleased to announce the selection of 28 practicing providers & office staff from 18 states to serve as the inaugural class of Health IT Fellows. These Fellows are clinicians, office staff and administrative office champions who have taken meaningful use and leveraged it to become more efficient and innovative in their practices.
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Health Information Exchange New Interoperability Guide: View-Download-Transmit for HIOs
Lee Stevens | July 23, 2013
Following our release of Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Transitions of Care, today we’ve posted our second interoperability deep dive document for Health Information Exchange Organizations (HIOs), Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Patient Electronic Access Measures.
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From the ONC Desk Federal Health IT Strategic Plan – Progress Report
Seth Pazinski | July 19, 2013
Today, we released a report describing the progress made on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
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Health Innovation Using Health IT to Mobilize Data for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Judy Murphy | July 17, 2013
As many of you know, ONC has sponsored several health and health care related mobile app and video development challenges over the past few years with the goal of providing tools and information to both patients and consumers that can help them better manage their health and care. From the Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge to the Blue Button video challenge, we believe that having more health information benefits patients and their doctors alike.
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From the ONC Desk Better Health Info, Better Health: Announcing ONC’s Certified HIT Mark
Carol Bean | July 11, 2013
More and more Americans across the country are relying on their doctors and hospitals to provide them with top-quality health care. Health information technology (HIT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care with secure sharing of health information through technology like electronic health records (EHRs), helping to improve patient care.
ONC is at the forefront of this effort to modernize healthcare, supporting the adoption of certified HIT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care.