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Check Out How HITECH Programs Are Helping

Are you interested in better understanding health IT and the transformative changes that electronic health/medical records are having in our nation's health care system? The Health IT Dashboard presents key information and data to enable collaborative monitoring of the impact of federal policies, programs, and research activities related to health IT. Return to this web site regularly to explore and download new datasets and statistics as they become available.

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  • ONC Dashboard Overview
    The ONC Overview Dashboard includes summary information about all of ONC's HITECH grant programs, including their location, funding amount, and contact information.

    With the Health IT Dashboard, you can:

    • Generate maps of ONC's planned obligations by state and program (data does not include sub recipients or contracts servicing ONC grants).
    • Learn how ONC's HITECH programs work together to create momentum in EHR adoption and health information exchange activity.
    • Download a full list of ONC HITECH program grantees for your own purposes.
  • State Health IT Adoption Statistics
    The Health IT Adoption & Use Dashboard presents ONC state summary estimates for the rate of electronic health record (EHR) adoption among office-based physicians and hospitals.

    With the State Health IT Adoption & Use Dashboard, you can:

    • Discover state rates of hospital and office based provider adoption of EHRs according to overall, small, and rural hospital groups with the EHR Adoption Dashboard
    • Explore state and county level data on health information exchange such as pharmacy e-prescribing capacity, and provider e-prescribing activity (through EHRs or stand alone systems) with the E-Prescribing Dashboard
    • Download and analyze the data for your own purposes
  • REC Program Dashboard
    The Health IT Regional Extension Center Program dashboard tracks monthly progress to the programs primary care provider EHR adoption goals. The Dashboard includes over 60 custom reports covering 30+ key measures at the national, grantee, state, and county level.

    With the REC Program Dashboard, you can:

    • Examine how the REC program accomplishing its goals by reviewing patterns provider attainment of EHR adoption milestones across a range of important health care provider demographics.
    • Evaluate the REC program and grantees progress using the demographics of providers working with RECs according to practice area, specialty, setting and more.
    • Download and analyze the data for your own purposes.
  • Health IT Workforce Dashboard
    The Health IT Workforce Dashboard includes summary information about the Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT Professionals Program, including location of grantees, and progress to health IT workforce development goals.

    With the Health IT Workforce Dashboard, you can:

    • Find out which community colleges and universities in your area are participating in the ONC Health IT workforce Programs.
    • See how many professionals in your area have been trained by the Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT Professionals program.
    • Download and analyze the data for your own purposes.
  • CMS EHR Incentive Programs
    The Meaningful Use Dashboard presents data from the most recent CMS public use reports regarding EHR Incentive Program payments to eligible hospitals and professionals. The summary data in the Health IT Dashboard depicts national trends since the program's inception as well as current snapshots for each state.

    Some key information provided by the new Health IT Dashboard for Meaningful Use includes:

    • At-a-glance summary of the total EHR Incentive Program payments, showing nationwide trends over time.
    • One-click state summaries describing the distribution of eligible provider (hospital or professional) participation in the Medicare and Medicare programs.
    • Detailed maps showing the number of health care professionals and location of hospitals that have met meaningful use payment milestones since the Medicare EHR Incentive Program's inception.
  • Datasets & Documentation
    The Datasets & Documentation page provides direct access to all of the content underlying the Health IT Dashboards, including each individual dataset and data dictionary, along with other related data briefs and materials.

    With the Datasets & Documentation page, you can:

    • Download and analyze ONC's research and program performance data for your own purposes.
    • Use datasets that are predictably organized and published often to create your own web services and APIs that are connected to ONC data.
    • Learn how ONC's HITECH programs work together to create momentum in EHR adoption and health information exchange activity.