ONC | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

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Official Website of The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)At the forefront of health IT, our vision is high-quality care,lower costs, healthy population, and engaged people Jun 15Blog Post PCOR Coordinated Registry Network for Women’s Health TechnologiesONC recently released results from the Coordinated Registry Network for Women’s Health Technologies project, a collaborative effort conducted with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enable researchers to generate real-world evidence using data that address some women’s health issues. Jun 11Blog Post Application Programming Interfaces in Health ITApplication programming interfaces (APIs) are powerful tools that help support interoperability in healthcare. Simply put, APIs allow a software “Application A” to interact with a software “Application B” without Application A needing to know how Application B’s software is designed internally. APIs can be used for several things, including the ability to for software applications to share information. From the example above, Application A could request information from Application B or ask Application B to place a pushpin on a map at a specific longitude and latitude. In other words, think of an API like a “data concierge.” API-based exchanges have become commonplace in our everyday life, from mobile banking to booking a plane ticket, from downloading media to shopping online. Naturally, as adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) continues to expand, it is essential for APIs to play an increasing role with respect to healthcare interoperability. Jun 10Blog Post Accelerating Precision in Public Health Surveillance and ResponseWhen our communities face a health crisis, the research, clinical, and public health worlds come together and collaborate. Public health programs drive toward prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the population, but they need the support and guidance of data-driven research behind them every step of the way. While most of the data needed to accelerate research, and clinical and public health delivery come from traditional sources—such as clinical encounters and lab tests—data feeds from nontraditional sources , such as genomics, smartphones and wearable devices, environmental factors, social determinants of health, and consumer data are increasingly becoming important to create a more holistic and longitudinal view of patients and populations. Jun 09Blog Post Join Us at ONC’s Virtual Tech Forum on August 10-11, 2020Have you ever found yourself asking any of the following questions?What advances are needed in application programming interfaces (APIs) to support faster, better and more scalable access to health information? What technical underpinnings would support future nationwide, trusted exchange? How can technology seamlessly interoperate across the continuum of care? How can data standards evolve to support expanding needs of healthcare?Then we’ve got an exciting, and updated, event for you! May 26Blog Post A Look Ahead: Year Two for ONC and the Recognized Coordinating Entity for TEFCAIn August 2019, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) awarded a cooperative agreement to The Sequoia Project to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). The Sequoia Project has made great strides in meeting the goals and objectives outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. To keep this momentum going, ONC has committed approximately $1.1 million in year-two funding to our cooperative agreement with The Sequoia Project. This funding will support RCE activities from August 2020 to August 2021. Health information technology (Health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information. Health IT includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records to maintain people's health information.

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