EHR Intelligence October 18, 2021
ONC has announced changes to its SVAP timeline to better support the health IT data standards community.
ONC has adjusted its Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline in order to support coordination across the health IT data standards community, the agency wrote in a blog post.
ONC established SVAP in 2020 as part of the ONC Cures Act Final Rule. The process allows health IT developers in the ONC Health IT Certification Program to update their systems to support newer data standards versions for interoperable health information exchange.
“While the standards community has enthusiastically supported the SVAP concept, its real-world use is new,” ONC officials Avinash Shanbhag and Jeff Smith wrote in the blog post.