ONC Releases Accenture’s Draft White Paper on Patient-Generated Health Data
January 11 2017 - 6:57AM
Business Wire
ONC seeks public comment on draft white paper
considering the use of patient-generated health data to help
improve patient care and outcomes research
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has
released for public comment a draft of a white paper developed by
Accenture Federal Services (AFS) identifying opportunities and
challenges in the capture, use and sharing of patient-generated
health data (PGHD) in health care delivery and research.
As part of its two-year contract with ONC, AFS developed a draft
white paper to identify opportunities, challenges and enabling
actions for the capture of PGHD by patients or their caregivers as
well as the use and sharing of PGHD by healthcare providers and
researchers.
PGHD – which includes a person’s health and treatment history,
biometric data, symptoms and lifestyle choices – is captured by
patients or their caregivers in various ways, such as through
wearable health devices, consumer-focused apps and questionnaires.
ONC has identified the use and sharing of PGHD as an important
issue for advancing patient engagement in healthcare delivery and
research.
“Technology – from consumer apps to medical-grade devices – has
enabled patients to capture health data on their own,” said Jim
Traficant, AFS managing director, federal health. “This draft white
paper will help lay the groundwork for ONC to develop a policy
framework for effectively and safely capturing, using and sharing
PGHD to improve healthcare and research.”
Accenture has contracted Validic and TapCloud to administer
pilot demonstrations that will develop systems and processes to
test the implementation of PGHD opportunities and challenges
identified in the draft white paper. The pilot demonstrations will
test and document the successes and challenges for PGHD by key
stakeholders, with the results helping to inform the final white
paper.
One pilot demonstration, conducted by Validic and Sutter Health,
is using PGHD collected from a multitude of devices to inform
diabetes care while assessing the infrastructure and workflows
needed to implement and scale such initiatives. The pilot
demonstration will integrate Validic’s digital health platform and
VitalSnap technology within Sutter Health’s electronic health
records system.
A second pilot demonstration, conducted by TapCloud and AMITA
Health, is connecting patients and clinicians outside the care
setting to obtain biometric data and also identify how patients
feel. TapCloud will use its comprehensive platform to gather PGHD
across several medical areas such as orthopedic surgery, stroke,
behavioral health, and kidney transplantation.
ONC is the principal federal entity charged with coordination of
nationwide efforts to implement and use advanced health information
technology and the electronic exchange of health information. The
PGHD project is one in a portfolio of projects at ONC that address
the data infrastructure needed for patient-centered outcomes
research.
Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington,
Virginia. Accenture’s federal business has served every
cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal
organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas
into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence,
public safety, civilian and military health organizations.
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company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in
strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining
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