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ONC Senior Innovation Strategist Stephen Konya discusses the Health and Human Services road show visiting American cities to give digital health upstarts and entrepreneurs better access to federal agencies. The next HHS Startup Day is slated for Nov. 8.

Advancing open APIs so consumers can better coordinate their healthcare is a key piece of the 21st Century Cures Act implementation for Thomas Mason, MD, chief medical officer for the National Coordinator for HIT at HHS.

HHS has announced that it is launching a new program called the Deputy Secretary's Innovation and Investment Summit, which will aim to link private investors and innovators with HHS personel. 

The rise in big data has rocked nearly every sector from education to consumer tech, and in particular healthcare.

The US government has never been known for its easy-to-use web platforms.

Bruce Greenstein, the chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services for the past year, has stepped down from his post to return to the private sector.

Last quarter, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs have both continued to seek public and private partnerships and investigate new technology.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ position of Chief Technology Officer is a relatively new one.

As the US government continues its push to make data more accessible and give patients control of their EHRs, private companies are stepping up hoping to fill the gap.

Artificial intelligence-driven health tools, including those built for mobile apps or other technologies, have the potential to conveniently delivery high-quality data and services to a growing share of the population, according to a recent JASON advisory report requested by and developed for HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).