The Federal Health Architecture (FHA) is an E-Government Line of Business initiative managed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. FHA was formed to coordinate health IT activities among the more than 20 federal agencies that provide health and healthcare services to citizens.

FHA and its federal partners are helping build a federal health information technology environment that is interoperable with private sector systems and supports the President’s plan to enable better point-of-service care, increased efficiency and improved overall health in the U.S. population.

FHA is responsible for:

• Supporting federal efforts to deploy health IT standards
• Ensuring that federal agencies can seamlessly exchange health data among themselves, with state, local and tribal governments, and with private-sector

FHA contributes to the national health IT agenda through:

• Input: FHA provides a coordinated federal voice and collaboration on national health IT solutions
• Implementation: FHA gives guidance to federal agencies on standards-compliant health IT investments that support of data interoperability
• Accountability: FHA ensures accountability for health IT programs in the federal government in the effort to advance interoperability

At their core, all FHA activities focus on improving citizen access to care, improving quality of care and reducing costs.