Author: Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

The News Aggregator will pull the latest articles and news from around the internet to present them in one place for you to easily keep up to date on all things related to Medical Informatics. ONC is dedicated to raising awareness and providing resources to promote widespread adoption of health information technology (health IT) as it's helping providers more effectively manage patient care. Here you'll learn first-hand how electronic health records (EHRs) and other health information exchange (HIE) initiatives are improving the way providers and patients are sharing and obtaining their health information. Join the discussion here or visit www.healthit.gov for even more information.

Preparing U.S. Clinical Trials Infrastructure for Emergencies: A White House Virtual Roundtable

February 3, 2023March 16, 2023Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

On January 12, OSTP hosted a roundtable on clinical trials infrastructure and the emergency clinical trials effort generally. @WhiteHouse…

2022 Tech Forum: Availability of SDOH & Health Equity Related Data & Implications for Public Health

January 30, 2023March 16, 2023Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

September 16, 2022This session will demonstrate how social determinants of health (SDOH) and health equity related data are collected and used in clinical notes and discuss the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for extracting these data from electronic health record systems. The session will also include discussion around SDOH, health equity, and public health use cases and how they can be used with NLP.  JaWanna Henry, MPH, MCHES, ONC (Moderator) Catherine DesRoches, DrPH, Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD, University of Florida Chelsea Richwine, PhD, ONCYonghui Wu, PhD, University of Florida…

2022 Tech Forum: Real World Implementations and Innovation Through LEAP in Health IT

January 28, 2023March 16, 2023Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

September 16, 2022The LEAP in Health IT Program seeks to address emerging challenges that inhibit the advancement of interoperable health IT. This session will feature speakers from three LEAP projects, sharing implementation strategies and the innovative approaches awardees are using to promote data exchange, patient engagement, and semantic data harmonization.   Alison Kemp, MPH, ONC (Moderator) Wei Chang, MPH, ONC (Moderator) Angie Brenner, Missouri Department of Mental Health Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD, University of Texas at Austin Eliel Oliveira, University of Texas at Austin Wilson D. Pace, MD, FAAFP, DARTNet Institute Burak Serdar, Cloud Privacy Labs Duane Shumate, Missouri Department of Mental Health…

2021 Annual Meeting: HHS Health IT Activities to Advance SDOH Data Use & Interop for Health Equity

January 27, 2023March 16, 2023Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

March 30, 2021HHS is committed to achieving improvements in people’s lives by reducing health inequities. Social determinants of health such as poverty, unequal access to health care, lack of education, stigma, and racism are underlying, contributing factors of health inequities. This session will spotlight health data and interoperability related activities and approaches across several HHS agencies that aim to help address persistent inequities in health and health care and will include visionary remarks from HHS experts involved in research, public health, community living, and minority health.JaWanna Henry, MPH, ONC, ModeratorSamantha Meklir, MPP, ONC, ModeratorTimothy Carney, PhD, MPH, MBA, CDCKelly Cronin, MPH,…