As a radiologist, I rely on diagnostic images to guide decisions about patients’ health. Imaging has become central to patient management, and as such, the ability to access images at the point of care is critical. Today, ASTP/ONC is releasing a request for information (RFI) focused on the access to, and exchange of, diagnostic imaging.

ASTP/ONC is committed to developing the best methods for the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information (EHI), through the adoption of standards and through the ONC Health IT Certification Program. In this RFI, we invite the public to comment on how standards and certification criteria can support the exchange of diagnostic images for the benefit of patients and providers.

Behind every image is a patient waiting for answers. Ensuring those images move seamlessly between care teams means those answers can come faster, with greater accuracy and at a lower cost. We want to know how we can make diagnostic images more accessible to the providers and patients who need them. Let us know what is working, what is not, and how an optimal, yet unrealized, future state can be architected by regulation, reimbursement, and private sector coordination. Your input will help inform considerations for potential future standards and certification criteria for future rulemaking. Comments will be due 45 days after publication of the RFI in the Federal Register.

Read the Diagnostic Imaging RFI.