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Draft Federal Health IT Strategic Plan Supports Patient Access to Their Own Health Information

Electronic Health Reporter

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for public comment. The article Draft Federal Health IT Strategic Plan Supports Patient Access to Their Own Health Information appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Can Healthcare Optimize Its Human Resources and Redefine Care Delivery in the Process?

Healthcare IT Today

by 2025 if healthcare stakeholders and federal leaders do not take action. Ashish previously served as CTO at Medicity, the market leader for vendor-neutral Health Information Exchange solutions (acquired by Aetna in 2011).

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

In fact, global data creation is expected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes by 2025. Established interoperability standards will facilitate health information and data sharing across outsourced platforms. Data centers are at the center of this complex digital transformation to power advancements in data processing and storage.

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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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Making AI Models in Healthcare Transparent One Bite at a Time – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

New data standards announced last December by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology (ONC) are an extraordinarily significant expansion of regulations around health IT and could hijack product roadmaps for years to come.

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