Assessing present, future plans for the Direct Project

Assessing present, future plans for the Direct Project

Assessing present, future plans for the Direct Project

Date: Apr 06, 2011

The Direct Project is an initiative led by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) that is creating standards for health information exchange. At this year's Health Information and Management Systems Society's HIMSS 2011 conference, Dr. Doug Fridsma, the ONC's director of standards and interoperability, discussed the Direct Project pilots on display at the HIMSS 2011 Interoperability Showcase, and the future of the project.

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