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Group Brings SDOH Coding Effort To HL7 FHIR Program

Healthcare IT Today

For the last few years, a growing number of healthcare organizations have been integrating information on social determinants of health into their population health management efforts. In fact, survey results published in early 2018 concluded that 80% of the organizations they surveyed had begun to track and use SDOH data.

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

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Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey. Product and Company News FHIR platform 1upHealth integrated 1up Population Connect with Epic, Oracle Health, and athenahealth.

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TEFCA Real Talk

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23% know of TEFCA, but aren’t sure if they are going to participate, 25% were not aware of TEFCA and only 1% of those surveyed were aware of TEFCA and planned not to participate. There’s no one solution that will solve the health data sharing problem. ✅Standards are important to data quality.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare organizations are only using 57% of their data to drive decision-making , according to a survey from Arcadia. Only 45% of consumers are fully satisfied with their health insurance , according to a survey from HealthEdge, and 40% blame insurers for the high cost of care.

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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemonitoring System for Community Recovery Center through RRS, PHR and Electronic Survey System. Furthermore, SNUBH has been utilizing Personal Health Record (PHR) and electronic survey system for telemonitoring. SNUBH has been conducting surveys since 2015 through an electronic survey system.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

The most notable approval is USCDI v3, and others include two implementation guides from CMS for Quality Reporting Document Architecture and three HL7 standards (for C-CDA, FHIR, and QRDA). Among organizations surveyed, 64% rely on external expertise for project planning and 71% do so for production.

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Bonus Features – September 11, 2022 – LG names 4 companies to help stand up its digital health business, ONC and HRSA team up to modernize Uniform Data System, and more

Healthcare IT Today

ONC and the Health Resources and Services Administration have launched a joint United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) initiative to support the modernization of HRSA’s Uniform Data System , which is a data set used for annual reporting for facilities funded under the Health Center Program.