Government Healthcare Policy, Business and Technology

HHS Announces Phase 1 Winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge

Healthcare Informatics: The Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. Winners were selected based on their proposals for using application programming interfaces (API) to enable consumers to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers.

“As health information technology becomes more accessible, consumers are playing an even greater role in how and when their health information is exchanged or shared,” Vindell Washington, M.D., national coordinator for health information technology, said in a statement. “The Move Health Data Forward Challenge will help consumers unleash their health data and put it to work.”

Read article