Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., Nationwide Coordinator for Well being Info Know-how and HHS Assistant Secretary for Know-how Coverage, and the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Monetary Assets (appearing) Lisa Molyneux wrote in a put up on August 9 that continued implementation of the HHS Well being IT Alignment Coverage is a crucial pathway to attaining the federal well being IT imaginative and prescient of a well being system.
The Assistant Secretary for Know-how Coverage and Workplace of the Nationwide Coordinator for Well being IT (ASTP) has been collaborating with the Workplace of the Assistant Secretary for Monetary Assets (ASFR) to determine and oversee a constant strategy to make sure that well being IT necessities in grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and coverage and regulatory actions align with HHS-adopted knowledge requirements. HHS adopted the Well being IT Alignment Coverage in July of 2022.
Tripathi and Molyneux word that underneath the Well being IT Alignment Coverage, ASTP and HHS companions have recognized billions of {dollars} that influence well being IT throughout HHS packages and actions.
Tripathi and Molyneux report that the proposed rule for the HHS Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR): Acquisition of Info Know-how; Requirements for Well being Info Know-how has been revealed within the Federal Register on August 9 for public remark.
“The proposed rule amends and updates the HHSAR to implement necessities to acquire well being IT that meets requirements and implementation specs adopted by ASTP on behalf of HHS. The proposed rule units out necessities for all HHS contracts that contain well being IT actions to make use of HHS-adopted well being IT requirements to advertise interoperability throughout the well being system,” Tripathi and Molyneux inform. The proposed rule is accessible for public remark till October 8, 2024.
