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Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. Reducing the Inevitable Impacts of Interpretation and Assumptions.

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Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

Healthcare IT Today

News and Research With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency due to end on May 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed restrictions on the remote prescription of controlled substances , with only buprenorphine and Schedule III-V non-narcotic controlled medications available via telemedicine, and available only in 30-day supplies.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

Position Summary: This dynamic team is seeking a Data Scientist for the Analytics team within NYeC to use directly contribute to moving the needle on New York’s pressing healthcare needs you will leverage HIE and savvy data analytics to serve public health needs, address health inequities, and mature NYeC’s analytics capacity.

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In Wisconsin we have Interoperability

Healthcare Exchange Standards

See below an interesting monthly report I get from the Wisconsin HIE. It shows the health of this system. A very healthy and Quality producing HIE: 2.6 This is a Standards based HIE, based on IHE-XDS and XCA. Elimination of HIE-related fees is just one piece of the puzzle for interoperability. Fully federated.

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California says goodbye to fax machines. Hello to DxF.

Redox

Is this just another HIE? A few features of the CA DxF set it apart from traditional health information exchanges (HIEs) and networks (HINs). CA DxF expands upon this, requiring participants to fulfill data requests for Treatment, Payment, Health Care Operations, and Public Health activity purposes.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

Docnotes

I’ve cut/pasted selected sentences from the DOH document to make it easy to follow here – but (of course) the full document has more detail/explanation. LLC, not- for-profit) including but not limited to local departments of health or social services, behavioral health IPAs and other structures formed by regional participants.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

eHealth Exchange is launching an incentive program that will waive annual fees for three years to the first five HIEs or state/local public health agencies that agree to exchange public health data. This brings the total number of approved QHINs to seven.

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