HHS Agencies'
Responsibilities Related to the NHII

AgencyResponsibility
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

http://www.ahrq.gov 		Research on effective technologies and practices related to clinical care; development of clinical practice guidelines.
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

http://aspe.hhs.gov		General policy development and program evaluation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov		Infrastructure for population health.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS)

http://www.cms.gov		Provision of care for older Americans; insurance for lower income and other disadvantaged populations.
Data Council (interagency)

http://aspe.hhs.gov/datacncl/index.htm		Coordination of data development.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov		Regulation of health-related products; monitoring and reporting on safety and adverse effects; coordination of a clinically useful drug code.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

http://www.hrsa.gov		Rural telehealth and community health clinics.
National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs		Population health statistics.
National Institutes of Health

http://www.nih.gov		Biomedical knowledge creation and diffusion.
National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov		Biomedical knowledge dissemination; research and dissemination on new technology and information networking practices.
Office of Civil Rights

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr		Privacy regulations enforcement.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management (ORIM)

http://www.hhs.gov/oirm		Information technology infrastructure within HHS.
Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)

http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs		Consumer information policies and programs; crosscutting e-health and prevention issues.
 From Table 4, NHII report
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http://aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii/index.html
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