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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a staff division of the Office of the Secretary, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ONC leads national health IT efforts, charged as the principal federal entity to coordinate 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,〔http://www.himss.org/handouts/executiveSummary.pdf〕 through an Executive Order, and legislatively mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009. ==Mission== With the passage of the HITECH Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is charged with building an interoperable, private and secure nationwide health information system and supporting the widespread, meaningful use of health information technology. ONC’s mission is looking ahead as it begins its second decade in 2014. ONC is working to improve these five areas: *Adoption: increase end user adoption of electronic health records and health IT to capture and use the information *Standards: establish standards so the various technologies can speak to each other *Incentives: provide the right incentives for the market to drive financial and clinical advances *Privacy and security: make sure protected (personal) health information remains private and secure *Governance: provide governance and structure for the exchange of health information The concerted initiative on interoperability in 2014 seeks to achieve the ability of two or more systems to exchange health information and use the information once it is received. The mission of ONC is to optimize the paths to reach these five health IT goals along with interoperability to support the Triple Aim. Widely adopted by the healthcare sector, the Triple Aim was developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to 1) improve patient experience of care, 2) improve the health of populations, and 3) reduce per capita costs of healthcare. The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan from 2011-2015 had set these five goals *Achieve adoption and information exchange through meaningful use of health IT *Improve care, improve population health, and reduce healthcare costs through the use of health IT *Inspire confidence and trust in health IT *Empower individuals with health IT to improve their health and the health care system *Achieve rapid learning and technological advancement In its ongoing work, ONC is looking to address these priorities in 2014: *Evolve from ARRA structure of the ONC *Federal HIT Strategic Plan *Develop national consensus agenda *Health information exchange, use and infrastructure a priority focus *Meaningful use *Advance health IT tools in support of the Triple Aim ''ONC's mission had previously been described as'' *Promoting development of a nationwide HIT infrastructure that allows for electronic use and exchange of information that: * *Ensures secure and protected patient health information * *Improves health care quality * *Reduces health care costs * *Informs medical decisions at the time/place of care * *Includes meaningful public input in infrastructure development * *Improves coordination of care and information among hospitals, labs, physicians, etc. * *Improves public health activities and facilitates early identification/rapid response to public health emergencies * *Facilitates health and clinical research * *Promotes early detection, prevention, and management of chronic diseases * *Promotes a more effective marketplace * *Improves efforts to reduce health disparities *Providing leadership in the development, recognition, and implementation of standards and the certification of HIT products; *Health IT policy coordination; *Strategic planning for HIT adoption and health information exchange; and *Establishing governance for the Nationwide Health Information Network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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