By Pooja Babbrah – Through its policy and regulatory mechanisms, the federal government is in the driver’s seat to drive and effect changes in health care and health information technology. The most recent Unified Regulatory Agenda provides insight into what is likely to come in 2022 and beyond.
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By Susan Bellile – As we kick off 2022, one of the big questions surrounding interoperability is the status of the payer-to-payer data exchange rule. The requirement was part of the May 2020 Final Rule supporting the 21st Century Cures Act, and its enforcement was scheduled to start on January 1. However, in September CMS delayed enforcement pending future rulemaking.
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 an updated ONC Annual Meeting Schedule, Sync for Genes Phase 5 seeks participation for demonstration sites, submissions due 2/11, & more!
By Teresa Younkin – As we start rolling up our sleeves to get to work in 2022, we already are seeing several trends that will continue to transform healthcare in the year ahead. Payers will have their work cut out for them and will be forced to adapt, with many modifications coming sooner than later.
By William Hersh MD – The rationale and implementation for reading data from the electronic health record and other clinical sources is relatively simple and straightforward. Especially now enshrined into law in the US by the 21st Century Cures Rule, and standardized by the FHIR application programming interface, accessing data for reading by clinicians, patients, and others is here to stay.
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 an ONC Artificial Intelligence Showcase, the ONC2022 Annual Meeting & the ONC Patient Access Summit.
By Jason Ausili PharmD – As interoperability provisions from the Cures Act enter their enforcement phase, pharmacy leaders within the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and pharmacy system vendors, met recently to discuss the state of pharmacy interoperability.
By Chiquita Brooks-LaSure – The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many shortcomings in our health care system, especially the ability to quickly share and use reliable data to better understand the health needs of all people across the country.
Watch our annual virtual panel discussion on the current and future state of Interoperability moderated by Jim Tate. Industry experts include Lesley Berkeyheiser, John Nebergall, and Paul L Wilder.