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

Press Releases

October 19, 2006

• State Alliance for e-Health (State Alliance) Now Underway

November 17, 2005

• HHS Enters Into Agreements to Support Digital Health Recovery for the Gulf Coast

October 6, 2005

• AHRQ Awards Over $22.3 Million in Health Information Technology Implementation Grants
• HHS Awards Contracts to Advance Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Technology

October 5, 2005

• HHS Accelerates Use of E-prescribing and Electronic Health Records

September 13, 2005

• Commissioners Selected for American Health Information Community

July 14, 2005

• Call for Nominations for Collaboration on Health IT
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

June 22, 2005

• President Discusses HIT during Energy Policy, Economic Security Speech

June 14, 2005

• President Discussed HIT during 2005 President's Dinner

June 6, 2005

• Secretary Leavitt Announces Vision for Health IT Including American Health Information Community and Requests for Proposals
• Request for Proposals Fact Sheet [PDF - 110KB]

June 3, 2005

• HHS Releases Report on Nationwide Health Information Exchange
  Summary Report [PDF - 764KB]

May 11, 2005

• HHS Secretary and Leading U.S. Companies Say Health Information Technology Should Be Urgent Priority

April 26, 2005

• Indian Health Service Shares Electronic Health Record System with NASA

March 16, 2005

• HHS Secretary Leavitt and New York Governor Pataki Announce Important Step Towards Medicaid Reform
• Modernizing Medicaid – Remarks by Secretary Leavitt

March 15, 2005

• New Study Shows Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records

March 8, 2005

• New AHRQ-Funded Study on Computerized Order Entry Finds Flaws That Could Lead to Errors, Points to Opportunities for Improvement

February 17, 2005

• Brailer’s Key Note at 2005 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas

January 27, 2005

• HHS Proposes New Medicare E-Prescribing Rules Process Will Improve Quality, Accuracy

October 13, 2004

• HHS Awards $139 Million to Drive Adoption of Health Information Technology

July 21, 2004

• Thompson Launches "Decade of Health Information Technology
• HHS Fact Sheet--HIT Report At-A-Glance

July 16, 2004

• First National Coordinator's Report On Health Information Technology To Be Released at July 21 "Summit"

May 6, 2004

• Secretary Thompson, Seeking Fastest Possible Results, Names First Health Information Technology Coordinator
• HHS Fact Sheet--Harnessing Information Technology to Improve Health Care

April 26, 2004

• President Unveils Tech Initiatives for Energy, Health Care, Internet
• Transforming Health Care: The President's Health Information Technology Plan

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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