By Dr. Martin Lustick – In the wake of medical home certification, meaningful use, the Cures Act and the pandemic, it’s clear that virtually all of healthcare is now built on a digital foundation. EHRs are pervasive in the delivery system, and they are increasingly connected to all parts of care delivery.
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Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including a new webinar series that brings together key stakeholders to share lessons learned, promising practices, and challenges related to exchanging SDOH data, new blog posts on improving ePAs, information blocking & more!
For the first time, CommonWell Health Alliance® hosted a connectathon with 11 of its Service Adopters to test its Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) services as it works to build the next generation of FHIR for clinical data exchange.
By David Navarro – The 21st Century Cures Act has adopted the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard to help further interoperability efforts and data sharing among providers and patients. We unpack the details around USCDI and look at how it is constantly changing as more data points and data classes are reviewed and added.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including the 2022 ONC Annual Meeting recordings are now On-Demand, the feedback period for the USCDI v3 is open until April 30th, & the SVAP comment period closes on May 1st.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including several events, including the Inferno Office Hours for Health IT Developers, the Spring sessions on the 2022 ONC Annual Meeting & the TEFCA RCE Stakeholder Sessions.
By Jonathan Shannon – The concept of interoperability in healthcare IT has had its fair share of challenges over the years. Compounding challenges around security, organizing the vast amount of data, and making such data available in a timely fashion has hampered the ability to meaningfully exchange such information in healthcare.
By David Burda – It should come as no surprise that two things that I thought went together in healthcare — value-based care and interoperability — don’t really, at least not yet, according to a recently published study in JAMA Health Forum.
By Greg Kefer – Every time we flip the calendars for the new year, there is no shortage of predictions from the various industry influencers and luminaries. The subject matter is frequently tech-focused and we often see the same themes repeated year after year.