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Key Takeaways From CMS/ONC Officials Regarding New Interoperability Proposed Rule

Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Following the release of its proposed new rules designed to improve the interoperability of electronic health information, members of leadership from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a call to provide additional detail about the proposed rule, and to answer questions from the media.

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What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We don’t even have the time or word count to cover it all in this article, so instead we will be focusing on healthcare interoperability. What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? So many topics to cover in healthcare but tragically so little time!

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Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The following is a guest article by Zach Finn , chief executive and technology officer at Centralis Health. For many of us in health IT communications, TEFCA has been greeted with both excitement and skepticism. Three Important Considerations for ONC and the Health IT Community . About Zach Finn.

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Why Do I need to Partner for My Interoperability and Integration Capabilities?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2023

The following is a guest article by Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. One area where we have seen this front and center is when it comes to how healthcare organizations approach interoperability and integration. In the past, interoperability and integration were kind of an afterthought.

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Interoperability is a Rural Health Disparity

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The following is a guest article by Robert Horst, Senior Vice President of Partner Engagement at Audacious Inquiry , a PointClickCare Company. Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity.

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Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article kicks off the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. This article kicks off the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Some key HTI-1 compliance deadlines require action before the end of 2024.To

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . State and regional HIEs are critical to our nation’s goal of comprehensive interoperability. Already, several large networks – including mine – have signaled their intent to apply.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Moliehi “Mo” Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO Providers are witnessing an explosion in health plan requests for medical records. With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. In some regions, request volumes are up by 30 percent over last year.

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Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. Any patient should be able to see a physician or care provider without spending valuable time recounting their history.

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Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network.

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the second in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule , read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series.

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Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. Effective content management can help hospitals, health systems, and large ambulatory groups turn piles of paper and digital content into actionable data. Read the series overview to see the complete menu of articles.

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The Future of Telemedicine Transformed by Large Language Models

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deepak Singh, MBA, MS , Product Manager at Teladoc Health. This article represents Singh’s thoughts and don’t necessarily represent the views of Teladoc Health.

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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Bonus Features – July 17, 2022 – Social care vendors commit to interop, only 1 in 6 healthcare orgs have secured IoT, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. A group of six social care companies have signed an interoperability pledge from the Michigan Health Information Network.

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Revenue Cycle Management and Telehealth—What Are the Challenges?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The following us a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO and Founder, Health Information Management Systems. Now that COVID-19 has triggered an explosion of telehealth, more clinics are recognizing virtual patient care as an essential aspect of the integrated care model.

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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ken Parent, CEO at Element Critical As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, there has been significant disruption to budgets, manpower, and resources throughout healthcare facilities.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Under this final rule, individuals and entities that violate the information-blocking requirements face a penalty of up to $1 million per violation. This final rule does not apply to healthcare providers but instead is directed at health information networks and health information exchanges, as well as developers of certified health IT.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S. So much to consider here!

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HHS Fact sheet on Ransomware and HIPAA

Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 6, 2016

Call to action I recommend hospital leadership sit-down with the "Security" Office and "Privacy" Office; walk through this simple 8 pages. This fact-sheet should be viewed by hospital leadership just like a contracted penetration report, except this is more well written. There is NOTHING in this 8 pages that should be surprising.

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From Testing to Immunization, Accurate and Consistent Patient Identification is Critical for Managing COVID-19

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate. The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to accelerate across the United States, with record-breaking infection rates and a tragically high death count.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. To seamlessly obtain information from various systems, healthcare data exchange standards are essential.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

The following is a guest article by Preston Duren, Vice President of Cybersecurity Operations at Fortified Health Security The need for adequate cybersecurity has never been higher for the nation’s hospitals and health systems. What Should Be Included in a SOC?

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HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr. Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024.

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Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While the key components of privacy (administrative, uses and disclosures, individual rights, and general security) are all necessary today, I would put privacy, security, breach – and relevant 21 Century Cures Interoperability topics – all together and make sure everyone handling any type of sensitive information be subject to these rules.

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EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by Mariann Yeager, CEO at The Sequoia Project. On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . What a difference a day makes. . Why was that so important?

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

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the third in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Check out all the articles in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Going to HIMSS 2024 in Orlando?

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Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. AdvancedMD announced 21st Century Cures Act Certification , which emphasizes new industry standards for interoperability, usability, and security.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The previous article in this series gave some history of social determinants of health (SDoH) and the importance of addressing them in medicine. This article delves deeper into various aspects of data handling, and who is working in these fields.

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Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deven McGraw , Co-Founder of Ciitizen® and Lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae Corporation HIEs and HINs Should take Key Actions Now to Prepare for the Enforcement of the Information Blocking Rules On Sept. HIEs are the true stewards of information sharing in their communities.

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Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. HIE infrastructure provider CRISP Shared Services is the first partner for eHealth Exchange’s planned Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).

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The Path Forward for Healthcare’s People Matching Problem

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Rachel Podczervinski MS, RHIA, Vice President of Professional Services at Harris Data Integrity Solutions. Lack of a consistent and accurate way to link patients to their health information is a significant contributor to an average duplicate record rate that runs as high as 18% in the typical facility.

Public Health

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Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tina Feldmann, VP of Corporate & Product Marketing at Kno2. “The variety of perspectives on this panel highlight and inspire the actions we can take to address health equity right now.” Post-Acute Providers for the Win!

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What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Ted Ferrin, Co-Founder and CEO at Rivet Cloud-based technology has emerged as a requisite solution to ensure high-quality patient care and to safeguard private health information (PHI). Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a quote for this article and thank you to all of you reading this article!

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Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Digital virtual assistants can then construct true dialogs that “learn” from the patient to zero in on intent and context so relevant, accurate information is provided. Vijay Verma, VP of Product Strategy at TeleVox A common shortcoming in healthcare communication systems is interoperability.

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Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is Sep 12, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. HIE infrastructure provider CRISP Shared Services is the first partner for eHealth Exchange’s planned Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).

eHealth

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Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT and Their Regulatory Considerations

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As stakeholders within the healthcare ecosystem, we must be very mindful of how we use AI to help organizations gather the data and insights they need without mismanaging patients’ personal health information or sacrificing their privacy rights. So many good ideas here! We couldn’t do this without your support.

Healthcare IT

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Key Takeaways From CMS/ONC Officials Regarding New Interoperability Proposed Rule

What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Trending Sources

Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Why Do I need to Partner for My Interoperability and Integration Capabilities?

Interoperability is a Rural Health Disparity

Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

The Future of Telemedicine Transformed by Large Language Models

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Bonus Features – July 17, 2022 – Social care vendors commit to interop, only 1 in 6 healthcare orgs have secured IoT, and more

Revenue Cycle Management and Telehealth—What Are the Challenges?

Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

HHS Fact sheet on Ransomware and HIPAA

From Testing to Immunization, Accurate and Consistent Patient Identification is Critical for Managing COVID-19

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

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

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

The Path Forward for Healthcare’s People Matching Problem

Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is Sep 12, and more

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT and Their Regulatory Considerations

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