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Title of Collaborative Activity:

Federal Health IT Coordinating Council

Description of Collaborative Activity:

ONC promotes improved federal coordination through the Federal Health IT Coordinating Council, a voluntary group of 25 agencies that are actively involved in implementing the national health IT agenda. Among the topics addressed at coordination meetings were: 21st Century Cures Act implementation (ONC and CMS): MyHealthEData Initiative (CMS), Digital Health (FDA), and HIPAA Audits and HIPAA Access Right (OCR). Priority collaborations between ONC and CMS through the Council helped create increased attention to interoperability within the Administration and in specific CMS policies and programs.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NLM

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CMS, ONC