Health IT Analytics April 6, 2015
When the issue of healthcare data interoperability arises, one government body always becomes the focus on the conversation: the Office of the National Coordinator. The ONC has taken a central role in the growth of healthcare data analytics, health information exchange, population health management, and the slow but steady development of interoperability infrastructure that will one day help healthcare providers truly meet the Triple Aim.
With Dr. Karen DeSalvo at the helm as the EHR Incentive Programs slide towards their twilight years, the future of widespread healthcare data interoperability has never been more uncertain – or more promising. The ONC can rightly claim accolades for helping to bring EHRs and meaningful use to the vast majority of hospitals and a...