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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation releases Data for Health: Learning What Works

Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | April 2, 2015

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is committed to advancing an interoperable learning health system that impacts individual, community and population health. To achieve this goal in the next several years will require collective action from all public and private stakeholders, including consumers and community-based groups outside of what is traditionally considered the expected set of technology and health care entities.

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Portrait of Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo

The Federal Strategy For Collecting, Sharing, And Using Electronic Health Information

Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo | December 8, 2014

Making our nation’s health and wellness infrastructure interoperable is a top priority for the Administration, and government plays a vital role in advancing this effort. Federal agencies are purchasers, regulators, and users of health information technology (health IT), as they set policy and insure, pay for care, or provide direct patient care for millions of Americans. They also contribute toward protecting and promoting community health, fund health and human services, invest in infrastructure, as well as develop and implement policies and regulations to advance science and support research.

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