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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

USCDI Version 3 : Adopts the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Version 3 (v3) as the new baseline standard within the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program) as of January 1, 2026. Developers of certified health IT will also have the ability to move to USCDI v3 sooner.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In January, 2019, the coordinating body for Health IT (ONC) released interoperability advice, connecting people to their care , that requires representing the relationship between a patient and another person (provider, caregiver, or family member). million unfilled jobs by 2026.

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Value-based healthcare – what it means for Thailand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

eHealth is one of the tools that could be used towards achieving VBHC, and the MOPH has a long-term strategy to drive the growth and development of eHealth from 2017-2026. The last lesson is to take a problem-driven approach.

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Why Is So Much “Patient Experience” Effort Focused on Financial Experience?

Health Populi

” With that challenge comes the opportunity for health information technology developers to focus on patient financial experience (PFX). One category of household spending expected to inflate is out-of-pocket health care costs. health citizens. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to 70.2

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Amid Workforce Shortages, Intelligent Data Capture saves Health Systems Time

Healthcare IT Today

Health systems of all sizes often feel they may be spending too much time entering and fixing data errors, especially in the lab. Impact of electronic health record systems on information integrity: quality and safety implications. Perspectives in health information management, 10(Fall), 1c.

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Modernizing Medicare to Take Advantage of the Latest Technologies

CMS.gov

economy, and by 2026 the CMS Office of the Actuary projects that one in every five dollars spent in America will be spent on healthcare. These apps can present disparate health information in a consolidated way to help beneficiaries understand their health data and better manage their health right on their smart phones.