ONC selects Accenture for data exchange specs

Jeff Byers | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) awarded technology and outsourcing company Accenture a two-year contract to help identify the standards and specifications that can facilitate the exchange of data across the healthcare system.

Under the contract, the Reston, Va.-based Accenture will work with ONC to develop and manage business scenarios called “use cases” that ONC will use to help determine the standards and IT systems necessary for operation.

The use cases will focus on patient-related information, such as ensuring that care providers’ certified EMR systems can handle patient requests for clinical summaries. Accenture also will create a process for ONC’s standards and interoperability framework, the company added.

Jeff Byers

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