Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

Drive Adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Drive Adoption of Electronic Health Records or EHRs requires reducing the loss and risk physicians face when investing in EHRs. This risk be reduced by ensuring EHR products comply with minimal standards for functionality, security and interoperability; and helping provide implementation support to doctors so they can re-engineer their business processes with IT.

What's New

Third Nationwide Health Information Network Forum: Prototypes and Business Models, January 25-26, 2007.
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Emergency Responder Electronic Health Record Detailed Use Case
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HHS Announces State Alliance for e-Health
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State Privacy and Security Subcontract Opportunities Announced Under Expanded HHS Contract with RTI
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Click here to find out more about the American Health Information Community workgroup meetings.

HHS Enters Into Agreements to Support Digital Health Recovery for the Gulf Coast
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HHS Announces Award of NHIN Prototype Contracts
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ONC and AHIMA release two anti-fraud project reports
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Health IT (HIT) Adoption Initiative Announced
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Health IT Contracts Awarded Stemming from RFPs
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Last revised: May 23, 2005

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