Interoperability | HealthIT. gov - ONC Interoperability helps clinicians deliver safe, effective, patient-centered care It also provides new ways for individuals and caregivers to access electronic health information to manage and coordinate care Advancing interoperability is now an essential part of most health care activities
What does interoperability mean and why is it important . . . Direct Project: A First Step Toward Interoperability The Direct Project is creating a low-cost, practical mechanism for exchanging health information over the Internet Direct makes it possible for providers to securely email information via their EHR to other trusted providers, such as specialists, pharmacies, and laboratories
Interoperability Standards Platform - ONC The Interoperability Standards Platform (ISP) is the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ASTP ONC) repository for standards initiatives that advance health data interoperability nationwide
The Path to Interoperability - ONC Interoperability is the ability of two or more systems to exchangehealth information and use the information once it is received It will take time for all types of health IT to be fully interoperable HHS is seeking out opportunities to accelerate and promote the development of interoperability across the health care system When we
Interop 2030 | HealthIT. gov - ONC In May 2021, ONC launched Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030 to engage the public and seek out aspirational, achievable, and measurable “Interoperability Outcome Statements” for 2030 ONC received over 700 submissions during the public comment period
Raising the Bar on Interoperability – A Decade of Data Show that . . . A decade ago, as EHRs were rapidly implemented across the country, ONC sought to make sure these newly implemented technologies were interoperable Since 2014, ONC has tracked progress toward widespread interoperability among hospitals and physicians by measuring their engagement in four domains of health information exchange: electronically finding, sending, receiving, and integrating patient
ASTP Standards Bulletin 2025-1 | HealthIT. gov - ONC The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (hereafter ASTP) Standards Bulletin 2025-1 (SB25-1) describes the development of the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 6 (Draft USCDI v6), which ASTP released on January 14, 2025
Introduction to the ISA | Interoperability Standards Platform (ISP) The Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) process represents the model by which the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will coordinate the identification, assessment, and public awareness of interoperability standards and implementation specifications that can be used by the United States healthcare
Interoperability vs Health Information Exchange: Setting the Record . . . Defining Interoperability For definitions of technical interoperability, my favorite definition comes from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering IEEE (eye-triple E) is the largest professional organization of geeks out there And they have been dealing with the issue of interoperability for a very long time
About the ISA | Interoperability Standards Platform (ISP) - ONC The Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) process represents the model by which the Assistant Technology for Technology Policy (ASTP) will coordinate the identification, assessment, and public awareness of interoperability standards and implementation specifications that can be used by the United States healthcare industry to address specific interoperability needs including, but not