HHS Agencies and NHII AHRQ ASPE CDC CMS Data Council HRSA NCHS NIH NLM OCR OIRM OPHS |
HHS Agencies'
Responsibilities Related to the NHII
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| The following are HHS agencies and how they relate to the NHII initiative. |
| From Table 4 NHII Report |
| Agency | Responsibility |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov |
Research on effective technologies and practices related to clinical care; development of clinical practice guidelines. |
| Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation http://aspe.hhs.gov | General policy development and program evaluation. |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov | Infrastructure for population health. |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.gov | Provision of care for older Americans; insurance for lower income and other disadvantaged populations. |
| Data Council (interagency) http://aspe.hhs.gov/datacncl/index.htm | Coordination of data development. |
| Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov | Regulation of health-related products; monitoring and reporting on safety and adverse effects; coordination of a clinically useful drug code. |
| Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov | Rural telehealth and community health clinics. |
| National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs | Population health statistics. |
| National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov | Biomedical knowledge creation and diffusion. |
| National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov | Biomedical knowledge dissemination; research and dissemination on new technology and information networking practices. |
| Office of Civil Rights http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ocr | Privacy regulations enforcement. |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management http://www.hhs.gov/oirm | Information technology infrastructure within HHS. |
| Office of Public Health and Science http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs | Consumer information policies and programs; crosscutting e-health and prevention issues. |
