HLN Presents at CDC-ONC Industry Days
HLN attended and presented at CDC-ONC Industry Days on February 27-28, 2023 in Washington, DC. This was the first event of its kind, convened by the CDC Foundation for CDC and ONC.
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ONC HITAC Public Health Data Systems Task Force Releases Recommendations
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health | RCKMS
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) approved the recommendations of its ad hoc Public Health Data Systems Task Force. Check out the specific comments of the recommendations.
Read more >Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide: A Public Health Perspective
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Planning | TEFCA
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project released a Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting Continues to Advance a Public Health Agenda
BY Kristi Eckerson and Daryl Chertcoff ON EHR/PHR | ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Public Health | TEFCA
HLN team attended the 2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting and participated in several workgroups and focused on the Public Health Workgroup, where key presentations were given by members or visitors to the public health working group about USCDI+, North Star Architecture, MedMorph, and Helios.
Read more >ONC Launches Public Health Data Systems Task Force
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) launched the 2022 Public Health Data Systems Task Force as a subcommittee of the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).
Read more >CMS Releases Proposed Updates to Medicare MIPS Promoting Interoperability Program for Physicians
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health | TEFCA
On May 10, 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to changes in the Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System.
Read more >EHI Releases Public Health Modernization Report
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | AIRA | ASTP/ONC | COVID-19 | DM | Public Health | TEFCA
In May 2022 Executives for Health Innovation (EHI) released a new report, Creating a Modern Public Health System, generated by its Public Health Modernization Task Force.
Read more >CMS Releases Proposed Updates to Medicare MIPS Promoting Interoperability Program
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health | TEFCA
On May 10, 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to changes in the Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System.
Read more >Cures Act EHR Reporting Program Draft Measures: What this Means for Public Health
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | Public Health
As part of the ONC Health IT Certification Program, Congress mandated the establishment of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program to help determine the effectiveness of the program.
Read more >ONC Releases Several New Specifications in 2022
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | ASTP/ONC | COVID-19 | HIE & Interoperability | Matching | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) started off the new year by releasing several new specifications supporting health information interoperability.
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