Telehealth and the UnderservedOn May 16-17, 2022, HRSA and Telehealth.hhs.gov hosted the National Telehealth Conference. HRSA has dedicated more than $100 million in resources to expanding telehealth services and reducing barriers--resulting in a great impact to patients across the United States. Follow us: Facebook:➡ https://www.facebook.com/HRSAgov/ Twitter: ➡https://twitter.com/hrsagov IG: ➡https://www.instagram.com/hrsagov/ Linkedin: ➡https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrsagov

As we continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a nation, it has been made clear that we are also in the midst of a critical public health workforce shortage. The pandemic has highlighted key areas for improving the nation’s public health infrastructure and increasing the number of highly trained public health informatics and technology professionals. In January 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration released an Executive Order to create a unified public health workforce strategy that will expand and build capacity so we can better respond to future pandemics and biological threats.

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On January 18, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), The Sequoia Project, released the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). The next key step for TEFCA is the release of resources to advance its operationalization, such as standard operating procedures (SOPs). These SOPs will include specific policies and procedures to further guide QHINs and will identify, where applicable, necessary technical implementation requirements.

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PMHCA and MDRBD: Awardee Patient and Family Level Data Collection WebinarThis webinar focuses on program-to-program discussion around patient and family level data collection. Follow us: Facebook:➡ https://www.facebook.com/HRSAgov/ Twitter: ➡https://twitter.com/hrsagov IG: ➡https://www.instagram.com/hrsagov/ Linkedin: ➡https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrsagov

HRSA Celebrates National Nurses Month 2022: DianeHRSA Celebrates National Nurses Week. Visit www.hrsa.gov. Follow us: Facebook:➡ https://www.facebook.com/HRSAgov/ Twitter: ➡https://twitter.com/hrsagov IG: ➡https://www.instagram.com/hrsagov/ Linkedin: ➡https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrsagov

HRSA Celebrates National Nurses Month 2022: SashamaraHRSA Celebrates National Nurses Week. Visit www.hrsa.gov. Follow us: Facebook:➡ https://www.facebook.com/HRSAgov/ Twitter: ➡https://twitter.com/hrsagov IG: ➡https://www.instagram.com/hrsagov/ Linkedin: ➡https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrsagov

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is pleased to announce that Leidos, Inc. (Leidos) has been granted status as an ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory (ONC-ATL) in the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program). Leidos now becomes one of four organizations to hold current ONC-ATL status alongside Drummond Group, ICSA Labs, and SLI Compliance.
ONC, in collaboration with the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) developed and maintains the Healthcare Information Technology Testing Laboratory Accreditation Program administered by NVLAP. 

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The Strengthening the Technical Advancement & Readiness of Public Health via Health Information Exchange Program (The STAR HIE Program) has made great strides in supporting public health agencies’ ability to exchange health information during times of emergency.
Funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in 2020, the initial STAR HIE Program was expanded in 2021 to further support efforts to increase vaccination data sharing between jurisdictional Immunization Information Systems (IIS) and HIEs.

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PMHCA and MDRBD Program Evaluation and Data Collection Strategies and Lessons Learned 2 9 22Webinar objectives: Review changes to HRSA-required reporting and discuss application of HRSA-required reporting data Offer an opportunity for program-to-program discussion around evaluation data collection strategies and lessons learned Discuss upcoming HRSA MCHB evaluation activities Follow us: Facebook:➡ https://www.facebook.com/HRSAgov/ Twitter: ➡https://twitter.com/hrsagov IG: ➡https://www.instagram.com/hrsagov/ Linkedin: ➡https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrsagov

PMHCA and MDRBD: Awardee Patient and Family Level Data Collection WebinarThis webinar focuses on program-to-program discussion around patient and family level data collection. Follow us: Facebook:➡ https://www.facebook.com/HRSAgov/ Twitter: ➡https://twitter.com/hrsagov IG: ➡https://www.instagram.com/hrsagov/ Linkedin: ➡https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrsagov