“The Food and Drug Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs received FedHealthIT awards this week for accelerating the move away from paper-based processes, digitizing health records and information to improve speed and quality of health care for patients.”
“’Information is the central core,’ Janet Woodcock, FDA’s principal deputy commissioner said during Tuesday’s 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award reception. ‘Information is lifeblood that needs to flow through the entire ecosystem of health care. But unfortunately, my diagnosis is that that circulatory system is, right now, very sclerotic.'”
“Most FDA’s information is paper-based and siloed, making it difficult for the agency to move information from where it lives to where it’s needed. This leads to delays in patient care, frustrations for health care providers, errors in care and challenges to patient experiences, from billing to reimbursement.”
“FDA is accelerating scientific computing to streamline access, analysis and collection of data. Woodcock said this technology provides more ‘intelligent ways of wading through the massive amount of data.’ FDA is looking at proteomics and genomics to provide scientific computing support…”
“FDA’s Data Dashboard, which received an award during the FedHealthIT reception, allows users to search multiple databases and generate dashboard graphs based on the results. The dashboard is designed to support the understanding, accountability and analysis of public FDA data through easy to use, visually accessible, customizable and understandable graphics…”
“FedHealthIT awarded VA for its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), an innovative electronic communication technology. Health care EDI provides secure electronic data interchange between healthcare institutions, providers and patients, as well as allows for more secure and efficient data processing like healthcare claims processing…” Read the full article here.
Source: FDA, VA are Moving Away from Paper-Based Processes – By Sarah Sybert, June 8, 2022. GovCIO.
