ONC announced a change in the Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline. The current SVAP comment period, due to end September 30, has been extended to May 2, 2022 to align with important standards development activities.
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ONC has received $80 million to award grants for implementing or expanding training, certification and degree programs in public health informatics and data science at minority serving institutions (MSIs) in order to address some of the health and social inequities that became widely…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has published a special emphasis notice (SEN) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity NAP-AX-18-003. The goal of the funding opportunity is…
Today, ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 2 (…
ONC released the ONC Standards Bulletin, a new communication tool to periodically update the health care industry about ONC health IT standards and policy initiatives.
ONC, in partnership with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today released an update to the HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool. This tool provides support for small- and medium-sized health care organizations in their efforts to assess security risks. The newly enhanced…
In light of COVID-19, ONC will exercise its discretion in enforcing all new requirements that have compliance dates and timeframes until three months after each initial compliance date or timeline identified in the ONC Cures Act Final Rule.
ONC will be making three new awards totaling up to $2.5 million across the awards in fiscal year 2020 to address the development and testing of data sharing functionalities to support clinical care, research, and improved health care outcomes under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP)…
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ONC has released the comment submissions for Draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. We thank everyone that submitted comments.
ONC is pleased to share the public comment submissions we received for Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued a proposed rule to support seamless and secure access to, exchange of, and use of electronic health information (EHI).
The new SRA tool features a broader application of health information risks and an improved user experience. The SRA Tool intends to help HIPAA-covered organizations integrate security safeguards and risk management practices into their regular business practice.
This document describes key considerations for implementing and managing application programming interfaces (APIs) in healthcare with respect to the privacy and security of health information.
The draft Trusted Exchange Framework, released on January 5, 2018, outlines a common set of principles for trusted exchange and minimum required terms and conditions for trusted exchange. Read and comment today!
ONC's new API Educational Module gives providers the technical terms needed to understand developers when they discuss adding APIs to their practice.
View info from the first 21st Century Cures Act Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement kick-off meeting
Want to contribute to future heath IT policies and standards? We encourage interested professionals to fill out a Health IT Advisory Committee Membership Application to be considered as a committee or future task force member.
This document makes it easier to understand the sixty 2015 edition ceritifcation criteria.