Children have specific and unique medical needs – and software supporting their care should be tailored to help address those needs. So the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published a new informational resource aimed at shaping the specifications of technology products intended for pediatric use. “There are critical functionalities, data elements, […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday revealed a new Coronavirus Data Hub to display COVID-19 patient data. The Trump administration has faced a flurry of concerns, including with regard to data transparency, from stakeholders and members of the public following its directive to hospitals last week to bypass the Centers for […]
As medical professionals continue in their quest to learn more about the strange and unpredictable novel coronavirus, research is moving at a rapid pace – with robust and widespread data sharing a key component. But security concerns are a major sticking point, as scientists and researchers weigh what data, and how much of it, to […]
Several initiatives are working to gather patient data and map information on the spread of COVID-19, even as public health and federal efforts are bogged down in manual and paper-based processes. The private initiatives are looking to incorporate ways to demonstrate the spread and extent of the pandemic in various geographic areas, hoping to enable […]
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has put forward some new plans for better aligning the technology needs of clinicians and medical researchers, listing nine key priorities to better support IT-enabled research breakthroughs. WHY IT MATTERS ONC’s National Health IT Priorities for Research: A Policy and Development Agenda was developed in collaboration […]
Non-profit organization The Sequoia Project has published a new document that provides actionable implementation guidance and feedback in anticipation of the new information blocking rules, expected soon from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Section 4004 of the 21st Century Cures Act prohibits “information blocking” and authorizes the U.S. Department of Health […]
