Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
| LEAP in Health IT 2026 Awardees AnnouncedONC awarded $1.5 million in 2026 Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT funding to Medstar Health Research Institute and Regenstrief Institute, Inc. The LEAP program seeks solutions to address well-documented challenges in the development, use, and/or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT. The 2026 projects will further LEAP goals to: - accelerate the use of agentic AI solutions in clinical care/clinical trials; and
- assess laboratory interoperability gaps to improve small, independent laboratories' adoption and use of standard terminology.
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Available Now: The Coordinator’s QuarterlyONC recently released the second issue of the Coordinator’s Quarterly. We’re discussing how health data policies show up in exam rooms, pharmacies, hospitals, and kitchen tables across the country. Read this issue to get expert perspectives and see what the data says. |
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Availability of Real-Time Prescription Benefit Information Among U.S. HospitalsIn 2025, more than half of U.S. hospitals reported real-time prescription benefit information availability across all or almost all payers, but substantial gaps remained by hospital size, rurality, system affiliation, EHR developer, and interoperability status. Read the full data brief to learn more. |
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How Can We Create Meaningful Delivery of Test Results?While patients support timely access to their test results, many don’t currently have a say in how and when they receive them. In our latest blog post, we examine how providers, developers, and patients can work together to enhance the patient’s experience. |
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Better Interoperability Can Help Reduce Physician Administrative BurdenWhen needed information is difficult to access, exchange, or use in clinical workflows it can contribute to physician administrative burden and take time away from patient care. In our latest blog post, we examine recent trends in administrative burden and what ideal interoperability looks like for physicians: information that is automatically received, easy to find, and easy to use. |
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Mark Your Calendars!Join us on October 21 at 12:00 PM ET for the next ONC Health IT Certification Program Developer Roundtable. These public meetings are open to all health IT developers, regardless of their participation in the ONC Health IT Certification Program. Additional details and agenda are forthcoming. |
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Request for Information: Data Intermediaries and Approaches to Strengthen Public Health Data ExchangeCDC is seeking public input on how public health data intermediaries, such as health information exchanges, health data utilities, and qualified health information networks, could help health information flow more easily and securely across systems and organizations. Your feedback can inform approaches to making health data more accessible and usable, strengthening connections across public health and healthcare, and advancing secure, scalable, standards-based data exchange. Submit comments by November 20, 2026. |
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