The Sequoia Project’s CEO, Mariann Yeager, will participate in a panel on Tuesday, May 31 regarding nationwide health data sharing at an event hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
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WEDI, the nation’s leading authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of its findings from its March 2016 ICD-10 post-implementation survey. In the May 2 letter to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, WEDI shared survey results and an analysis of the responses on the ICD-10 transition following the Oct. 1, 2015 implementation.
HHS issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians. The NPR is a first step in implementing certain provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
Report represents a first step towards educating the industry on the importance of data exchange in identifying and closing gaps in care. It provides an overview of current approaches, best practices, emerging opportunities and barriers.
NATE, DirectTrust and EHNAC, all organizations with a focus on the success of Direct secure messaging, have joined together to talk about interoperability in healthcare at the 13th Annual World Health Care Congress.
National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, has been established to inspire, educate, and empower healthcare providers and the public about the importance of advance care planning.
Ten common conditions represent more than 2 million annual visits to hospital emergency rooms statewide at an estimated cost of about $1.3 billion, and nine out of 10 of them could have been avoided or treated elsewhere, according to research issued by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the keynotes and detailed sessions for its 25th Annual National Conference, which will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah from May 23-26, 2016.
With the technical connection between New Mexico and Colorado HIEs in place, providers in both states can share clinical patient information across state lines. This is particularly important in the Four Corners region where it’s common for patients to live in one state and work in a neighboring state.