ONC Announces New Initiative to Promote Health Information Technology

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced a new program on Wednesday to encourage the innovation of health information technology through prizes and challenges. The program, called Investing in Innovations (i2) Initiative, was created under the America Compete Reauthorization Act of 2010 and has already awarded the first $5 million to two projects.

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