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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Epic, Particle Health dispute exposes broader challenges with sharing patient data, health IT experts say

FierceHealthIT

Medical records software giant Epic and venture-backed health tech company Particle Health are mired in an ongoing dispute over healthcare data exchange practices.

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

General were not participating in data sharing. As data sharing initiatives gain momentum, including TEFCA nationally and the Data Exchange Framework in California, it’s an important reminder that data sharing advancement is more than a policy or technological discussion.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

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Health Data Federalism vs States Data

Healthcare IT Today

I’m happy to say that it’s lived up to billing with an incredible group of people who understand the challenges of health data exchange. Their discussion was prompted by this paper that was published on “Health Data Federalism.” Nothing like reading a Twitter thread cliff notes version of a paper.

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Bringing Contextualized Health Data into the Diagnostic and Treatment Process

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare has always relied on data. What’s changed is the explosion of data in healthcare and the availability of this data to clinicians as well as a whole host of healthcare professionals. Payers can extract data for measures such as severity of disease and quality measures.

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QHINs, Health Data Exchange, FHIR, AI and More with CommonWell Health Alliance

Healthcare IT Today

CommonWell was formed 11 years ago from a consortium of major EHR vendors to carry out the mandate for interoperable data exchange in the HITECH and Affordable Care Acts. CommonWell has been working with some of these clients to look at innovative data workflows. and their journey to TEFCA.

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