EHR Intelligence May 5, 2021
ONC stuck to the interoperability roadmap for six years, but it is time to advance to the next level of health IT.
After six years of following the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) nationwide interoperability roadmap, the agency said it is now time to execute on its goals, according to a recent ONC blog post.
“At a time when consistent direction was needed, the Roadmap sparked action and sharpened dialog across a number of technology and policy dimensions,” wrote Steve Posnack, MS, deputy national coordinator for Health IT, acknowledging that the Roadmap laid a good foundation.
“Collectively, we have all made solid progress on many of the early milestones identified by the Roadmap,” Posnack added. “It’s...