Healthcare Innovation January 19, 2021
Federal health officials say that the new investments will provide opportunities to track vaccination progress, help clinicians contact high-risk patients, and help identify patients due to receive the second dose of the vaccine
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), has announced a series of investments to help increase data sharing between health information exchanges (HIEs) and immunization information systems.
Specifically, ONC will award nearly $20 million in funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to support the nation’s vaccination efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to federal health officials, the projects will build on and expand ONC’s Strengthening...
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