Health IT Buzz

Picture This: Improved Access, Exchange, and Use of Diagnostic Images

By Thomas Keane MD MBA – As a radiologist, I rely on diagnostic images to guide decisions about patients’ health. Imaging has become central to patient management, and as such, the ability to access images at the point of care is critical. ASTP/ONC is releasing a request for information (RFI) focused on the access to, and exchange of, diagnostic imaging.




HHS Wants Your Ideas to Accelerate AI in Clinical Care

By Steven Posnack – In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary’s office, the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released a request for information focused on one big question:


Why TEFCA’s Hardest Problem Isn’t Tech, It’s Trust

By Steven Posnack – It wasn’t always so, but today we have technology available to exchange health information anywhere there’s an internet connection. What’s slowing us from doing so at nationwide scale is trust. The frictions are human and institutional. They cannot be addressed exclusively with technology.




Laboratory Data Standards for Interoperability

By Sara Armson, Molly Prieto, & Steven Posnack – The report explores data standards adoption and impact at each step of the laboratory workflow, from ordering through sharing the results with patients, providers, public health agencies, and more.