Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

HHS' final interoperability rules standardize APIs for patient health data access through apps

By Dave Muoio 11:47 am March 9, 2020

This morning the US Department of Health and Human Services dropped its long-awaited final rules on interoperability, information blocking and patient access. While the two final documents from the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) specify a number of new requirements laid out in the 21st...

Patient-generated health data can be used to improve patients’ health – here’s how

By Emily Mitchell 11:00 am February 22, 2018

About the author: Emily Mitchell (PMP) is a senior manager within the Accenture Federal Services Health and Public Service practice. She has more than 16 years of experience providing consulting services to public service and private clients with a primary focus on program management and team leadership. As Client Account Lead, she supports the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (...