Standards & Interoperability

Federal Health Architecture (FHA)

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.

Federal Health Architecture (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 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.

FHA Members

FHA brings together all federal agencies that need to share electronic health information to support citizen health care and streamline healthcare-related benefits. Through cooperation, agencies are translating the vision of interoperable health IT into a reality.

FHA participants include: Lead Partners

  • Department of Health and Human Services (Managing Partner)
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Veterans Affairs

Participating Agencies

  • Administration for Children and Families
  • Administration on Aging
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Health Resources and Human Services
  • Indian Health Service
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Disaster Medical Systems
  • Office of Personnel Management
  • Railroad Retirement Board
  • Small Business Administration
  • Social Security Administration
  • United States Agency for International Development

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