The Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the Phase 2 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. Winning submissions will now move on to the challenge’s last phase to develop applications that will allow individuals to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers...
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Health IT, At Least On The Big Island, Starts With Fresh Vegetables And Gardening
Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | August 30, 2012
The first step for gaining patient buy-in for the use of health IT may start with fresh vegetables and gardening, a gateway to start thinking about and owning your health. Read More »
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Health Research Initiative Awarded, Encourages Innovation
Jory Heckman | Federal News Radio | June 8, 2011
A new federal initiative awarded about $5 million to health information technology groups Wednesday as part of a growing effort to make the research field more competitive. The Investing in Innovations (i2) Initiative, recently formed by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), will ramp up competition f Read More »
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Health Technology’s ‘Essential Critic’ Warns Of Medical Mistakes
Jay Hancock | Kaiser Health News (KHN) | February 18, 2013
Computer mistakes like the one that produced incorrect prescriptions for thousands of Rhode Island patients are probably far more common and dangerous than the Obama administration wants you to believe, says Drexel University’s Dr. Scot Silverstein. Read More »
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Healthcare Interoperability Research Propositions of the ONC Blockchain Challenge
Peter B. Nichol | CIO | August 18, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in partnership with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), recently launched an initiative called the ONC Blockchain Challenge and invited healthcare and technology leaders to submit research papers to explore the "use of blockchain in Health IT and Health-released Research"...
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Healthcare players are actively blocking data sharing
Lucas Mearian | Computerworld | April 15, 2015
Five years ago, only 20% of physicians used electronic medical records (EMRs). Today, 80% use them. Since the enactment of the HITECH Act, which required that EMRs be adopted across all healthcare providers, the federal government has invested more than $28 billion toward their use.
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Healthcare players are actively blocking data sharing
Lucas Mearian | Computerworld | April 15, 2015
Five years ago, only 20% of physicians used electronic medical records (EMRs). Today, 80% use them. Since the enactment of the HITECH Act, which required that EMRs be adopted across all healthcare providers, the federal government has invested more than $28 billion toward their use...
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Healtheway Convenes Carequality To Take HIE To Next Level
Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | February 24, 2014
What will it take to ratchet health information exchange up to the next level? The answer pretty much anyone paying attention would fire back: interoperability. Which is not to suggest that will be easy. Read More »
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Healtheway Interoperability Initiative Will Push For Standardized Connectivity
Marla Durben Hirsch | FierceEMR | February 24, 2014
Healtheway, the nonprofit public/private collaborative chartered to advance the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information exchange, has unveiled a new initiative to bring the industry together to provide a standardized framework for connectivity. Read More »
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HHS And ONC Invest $28 Million In Health Information Exchange Grants
Karen B. DeSalvo and Ahmed E. Haque | Health It Buzz | February 3, 2015
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced this morning an important Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) funding opportunity, which is part of a Department-wide effort to achieve the safe and secure exchange and use of electronic health information to improve health and transform care...
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HHS Announces First External Class Of The HHS Innovation Fellows Program
Press Release |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
November 13, 2012
Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the first class of the HHS External Innovation Fellows. Selected from an applicant pool of more than 100 innovators, the six External Fellows will spend the next six to 12 months working on projects focused on solving critical health care problems. Read More »
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HHS Announces Synthetic Health Data Challenge Winners
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US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) |
September 21, 2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced $100,000 in total awards to six winners of the Synthetic Health Data Challenge (Challenge). Synthetic health data (i.e., data that is artificially created to mimic real-world data), is important to researchers, health IT developers, and informaticians, among others, who need data to test new ideas until access to secure and actual clinical data is available.
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HHS Announces the Move Health Data Forward Phase 2 Challenge Winners
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
February 21, 2017
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HHS Announces the Move Health Data Forward Phase 3 Challenge Winners
Press Release |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
May 31, 2017
As part of its ongoing efforts to support the interoperable flow of health information, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the Phase 3 – and final – winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. The multi-phase challenge focused on the development of applications allowing individuals to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers...
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HHS announces the Move Health Data Forward Phase 3 challenge winners
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
May 31, 2017
As part of its ongoing efforts to support the interoperable flow of health information, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the Phase 3 – and final – winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. The multi-phase challenge focused on the development of applications allowing individuals to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers...
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HHS IDEA Lab Hosting Innovation Day in DC on May 15
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is holding an Innovation Day on Monday, May 15th at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C. The day will feature presentations from teams across HHS who are using open source, collaborative, and entrepreneurial methods like design thinking and lean startup to improve how their office or agency delivers on the HHS mission. The day will also feature a panel on deploying creative thinking to improve work in government, and innovative speakers from government and the private sector.
Posted May 12, 2017 - 3:01pm by Roger A. Maduro
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