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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – Agency that works with partners to defend against cyber threats and build a more secure, resilient infrastructure

FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health – assures that patients and providers have timely, continued access to safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices and safe radiation-emitting products

FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence – aims to connect and build partnerships to accelerate digital health advancements, share knowledge and advance best practices, and innovate regulatory approaches to provide efficient oversight while meeting FDA standards for safe and effective products

FDA database of artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled medical devices marketed in the United States.

FDA Office of Digital Transformation. Provides high quality, secure and efficient IT and data solutions that enable the FDA to protect the public health.

National Association of County and City Health Officials (with resources on health IT)

FDA’s Medical Device Safety Action Plan, April 2018

Health Data Matters Project: Health data ecosystem for some parts of Ohio.

MACRA and Health IT: ONC factsheet

CHIME CURES ACT and EHR Summary Chart: This legislative brief compares health IT provisions in the committee print of the 21st Century Cures Act

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC): The ONC, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the principal federal entity charged with coordinating implementation of health IT and the electronic exchange of health information. The ONC was created via executive order in 2004 and mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009.

EHR Contract Guide, created by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Also an agency within the HHS, AHRQ promotes quality improvement in healthcare. Health IT is an AHRQ priority. AHRQ develops and releases resources and tools on how health IT can improve health care quality. More about the portfolio is here.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The agency tasked with overseeing the regulation of medical devices and mobile health applications.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC): The consumer protection agency that enforces rules around health claims of mobile applications and other technology companies.

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