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Papers suggest new uses for Blockchain to protect and exchange electronic health information
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) released two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) to build the capacity of an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO).
The "Use of Blockchain in Health IT and Health-Related Research" Ideation Challenge solicits white papers on the topic of Blockchain technology and the potential use in health IT to address privacy, security, and scalability challenges of managing electronic health records and resources.…
Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell named eight new members of the Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) and one new member to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC).
ONC and OCR have developed a series of short, easy-to-understand educational videos in English and Spanish to help individuals better understand their right to see and get their health information.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) began listing more detailed and easier-to-understand information about certified health information technology (health IT).
According to data from a new survey released today at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., nearly all of the nation’s hospitals have adopted…
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians. …
ONC has released a report on the feasibility of creating an EHR comparison tool, highlighting four mechanisms that could be used to improve the ability to compare and select health IT products.
We have issued a request for information for your thoughts on how to measure interoperability. …
Read the HHS press release about the ONC Health IT Certification Program's Enhanced Oversight and Accountability proposed rule.
As a nation, we have decisively moved from a paper to a digital health care system.
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