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. …
Health IT Updates
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. …
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ONC will host an informational webinar about Funding Opportunity NAP-AX-16-003 “Discovery Infrastructure for Clinical Health IT Apps Cooperative Agreement” on Friday, March 25 from 2-3pm ET.
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.
Read about the Interoperability Proving Ground, an open, community platform where you can share, learn, and be inspired by interoperability projects. If you lead an interoperability project, join us and add it to the IPG.
This data brief summarizes trends from 2012– 2014 related to individuals’ privacy and security concerns and preferences.
ONC released a State Health IT Policy Levers Compendium to help you understand how other states are using waivers, Medicaid Health Home State Plan Amendments and other state-level policy levers to advance health IT and interoperability goals.
Today, ONC released the 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA)—a coordinated catalog of existing and emerging standards and implementation specifications developed and used to meet specific interoperability needs. In short, the advisory provides a single resource for those looking for…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the final Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers to make electronic health information available when and where…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in collaboration with over 35 federal partners, today released the updated Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015–2020 (Plan).
More than $38 million awarded to improve coordinated health information sharing in communities across America
Visit ONC and CMS sponsored eCQI Resource Center, the one-stop shop for the most current resources to support electronic clinical quality improvement.
View presentation slides from the 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria webinars.
Read about Information Blocking and how it frustrates efforts to transform health and health care.
The rule is a key component in ONC’s commitment to establishing an interoperable nationwide health information infrastructure.
ONC announces three new funding opportunities related to workforce development, population health, and interoperability and health information exchange.
Read A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap Draft Version 1.0 and provide comments on Standards Advisory.