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North Carolina launches new stroke registry linked to NC HealthConnex

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"By connecting to NC HealthConnex, data from a provider's electronic health records can be leveraged to support chronic disease intervention and be used as a valuable tool for the public good," said Burris in a statement.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

A roundtable cohosted by Department of Health and Human services issued a report in December 2019 listing about two dozen data elements (pages 43-44), such as eligibility for social programs, air quality, and exposure to violence. The modern health information API, FHIR, includes the Gender Harmony taxonomy developed by HL7.

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

The Federal Trade Commission released an updated Mobile Health Apps Tool created with input from ONC, OCR, and the FDA. The Sequoia Project published an implementation guide for HIE technology for vendors, networks, and testers. In addition, Quantum Health formed an Oncology Clinical Advisory Board.

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Patient Identity Management the IHE way

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Where health data are involved, mistakes in identity can be a permanent privacy violation. Interoperability solutions FHIR Profiles Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) – Published 2020-05-29 Section 50.7 Interoperability solutions FHIR Profiles Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) – Published 2020-05-29 Section 50.7

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Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

Healthcare IT Today

News Three Democratic Senators have introduced legislation to expand protections for Americans’ personal health data privacy. Reports By the middle of 2022, behavioral health visit volume was 18% higher that pre-pandemic levels , according to an analysis from Trilliant Health.