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ONC Report on Health Information Blocking: A Solid Double, But NOT a Home Run

E-CareManagement

Last Friday ONC (the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT) released a long-awaited Report On Health Information Blocking. The ONC blog capsulizes the report: Health information blocking occurs when persons or entities knowingly and unreasonably interfere with the exchange or use of electronic health information.

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8 Information Blocking Regulatory Reminders

Healthcare IT Today

Whether this was prompted by the request for a postponement or was already planned, ONC has put out a dedicated information blocking webpage and has planned 2 virtual office hours where you can get your questions answered. Reminder #4 – Not all health information that’s electronic is EHI under the regulatory definition.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

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One of the SMA objectives is to consider the Conference in advance and offer thoughts about what we’ll expect, which I did here in the HIMSS blog space. Furthermore, data can be scraped for all kinds of purposes, outside of the context of health care in which patients and health consumers originally share their data.

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Consumer Trust, Privacy and Healthcare – Considering #HIMSS18 in the Stark Light of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Health Populi

We who work in healthcare must pose the questions: going forward, how trusting will patients, consumers and caregivers be sharing their personal health information (PHI)? Health information breaches are more highly valued by cyber-attackers as they are worth more than, say, consumers’ bank account or credit card identities.

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Inaugural MIT Conference: The Platform Revolution Comes to Healthcare

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Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The post Inaugural MIT Conference: The Platform Revolution Comes to Healthcare appeared first on The Healthcare Platform Blog. . * Roy Schoenberg MD MPH, President & Co-CEO, Amwell.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Role of Informatics

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Informatics is revolutionizing healthcare through the power of information technology and data analysis to improve patient care, enhance operational efficiency, and drive innovation. In this blog post, we will explore the role of healthcare informatics in revolutionizing the healthcare industry, highlighting its benefits and applications.