ASTP Seeks Feedback on Draft Federal FHIR Action Plan
Healthcare Innovation September 24, 2024
ASTP is working with stakeholders to develop the next generation of FHIR capabilities such as a standard approach to enable writing health information from external sources into the patient health record
The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP) has published a draft Federal FHIR Action Plan to help guide federal investment and adoption of the FHIR standard.
FHIR Release 4 was released in 2018 and has evolved into a mature standard for federal agencies to adopt for their programs, ASTP noted. The plan is part of the larger HHS Health IT Alignment Policy, an effort to align technology standards used under HHS-funded programs.
The plan’s primary goal is to align federal...