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[{$pagename}] ([ONC]) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. 


[ONC] is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the [United States Department of Health and Human Services] ([HHS]).

[{$pagename}] is the principal federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. The position of [{$pagename}] was created in [2004|Year 2004], through an [Executive order], and legislatively mandated in the [Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health] Act ([HITECH] Act) of [2009|Year 2009].

[{$pagename}] oversees the [Nationwide Health Information Network] ([NHIN])

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* [#1] - [About ONC|http://www.healthit.gov/newsroom/about-onc|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2013-04-10