ONC has announced a new project to leverage health information exchange (HIE) data to support COVID-19 focused patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) by implementing new data standards and...
The Sequoia Project, selected by ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has released a new resource to help healthcare...
ONC has released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3 (USCDI v3), which expands upon USCDI v2 by adding new data classes and elements.
ONC received more than 800 public comments...
Widespread interoperability among office-based physicians is lacking due to a number of health data exchange barriers, according to a recent ONC Data Brief.
The report used 2019 CDC National...
The 21st Century Cures Act final rule mandating patient access to clinical notes has not meaningfully impacted clinician time on EHR documentation, according to a study published in JAMIA.
This...
The Sequoia Project, selected by the ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has released draft...
ONC has approved a new alternative test method (ATM) from The Drummond Group for testing conformance to ONC’s §170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services...
Federal guidance is needed on information blocking rule implementation for research data sharing, according to a Health Affairs article.
While electronic health information (EHI) holds the potential...
ONC has released the newest approved health IT data standards for the annual Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), a recent HealthITBuzz blog post announced.
The ONC Cures...
While ONC has made significant progress toward achieving national health interoperability, continued interagency collaboration and public-private partnerships are needed to fully enable digital health,...
The HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) at Scale Taskforce (FAST) initiative will continue its scalability work as an official HL7 FHIR Accelerator, a recent HealthITBuzz blog post...
Phase four of ONC’s Sync for Genes program revealed that Health Level Seven International (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) application programming interfaces (APIs) can...
Increased adoption of ePrescribing health IT for controlled substances is set to boost patient safety and mitigate clinician burden, according to an ONC HealthITBuzz blog post.
Data from the American...
A Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) task force released 13 recommendations to ONC, suggesting ways the ONC Health IT Certification Program could incorporate data standards...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria which in turn reduced the likelihood of duplicate orders among hospitals that...
In the 2023 budget proposal, the Biden-Harris Administration has requested that Congress provide HHS with the authority to issue a binding advisory opinion for information blocking regulations, ONC...
Only a few months into the ONC Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (PHIT Workforce Program) and recipients have already taken steps to increase the diversity and...
The Sequoia Project, selected by the ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has released...
The ONC interoperability rule aims to enhance the exchange of electronic health information (EHI) to benefit patients and clinicians alike.
In 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act to drive the electronic access, exchange, and...
The Strengthening the Technical Advancement & Readiness of Public Health via Health Information Exchange Program (The STAR HIE Program) has made considerable improvements in its effort to support...