Difference between revisions of "Federal HIT Initiatives"

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See also Funding Resources.

U.S. Federal HIT Initiatives

Visit http://www.hittransition.com/fedhit.htm for updated federal HIT initiative details.

• Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation

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

• Council on the Application of Health Information Technology (CAHIT)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Indian Health Service (IHS)

• Health Services and Resource Administration (HRSA)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• U.S. Department of Commerce

• Combined U.S. Department of Defense / Veterans Affairs Initiatives

• U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Initiatives

• Department of Veterans Affairs Initiatives

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Original source: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT), July 21, 2005. Only minor updates have been made as of April 17, 2006.

NOTE: There have been changes in federal initiatives and organization since the date of the source material. I hope to persuade ONCHIT to check and edit this section soon.

--Michael Christopher 14:55, 17 April 2006 (CDT)