When COVID-19 began to spread, governments, healthcare providers, and others scrambled to strategize effective ways to track, treat, and strategize methods to handle an overflow of patients and a lack of essential infrastructure needs. A new article published by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) and HealthIT.gov highlights the impact of those efforts and their lasting legacy.
Highlights of article and CyncHealth’s efforts:
- Established a bi-directional data feed between healthcare providers, NESIIS, and the Nebraska Division of Public Health.
- Helped overcome governance challenges by clarifying legal frameworks and timelines through improved communication and memoranda of understanding (MOU).
- Implemented sustainable practices for long-term health data management and public health collaboration.
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About CyncHealth
CyncHealth connects over 5 million lives and 1,100 facilities across Nebraska and Iowa. This network includes hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare providers. By sharing data like patient histories, lab results, and immunizations, CyncHealth helps doctors and nurses provide better care.
About the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC)
The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide, standards-based health information exchange to improve health care. ASTP is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ASTP is the principal federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. The position of National Coordinator was created in 2004, through an Executive Order, and legislatively mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009.
Through its work, ASTP remains focused on two strategic objectives:
- Advancing the development and use of health IT capabilities; and
- Establishing expectations for data sharing