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3 ways interoperability will improve health care

KevinMD

In health information technology circles, interoperability has become quite the buzzword. A Google search for “Interoperability in Healthcare” yielded 28 million results. The 21st Century Cures Act defined three key components of interoperability: “(A)… the secure exchange of electronic.

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3 ways interoperability will improve health care

KevinMD

In health information technology circles, interoperability has become quite the buzzword. A Google search for “Interoperability in Healthcare” yielded 28 million results. The 21st Century Cures Act defined three key components of interoperability: “(A)… the secure exchange of electronic.

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HHS Proposes New Rules to Improve the Interoperability of Electronic Health Information

Electronic Health Reporter

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information. The article HHS Proposes New Rules to Improve the Interoperability of Electronic Health Information appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HHS Announces Next Steps In Advancing Interoperability of Health Information

Electronic Health Reporter

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued for public comment draft two of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) that will support the full, network-to-network exchange of health information nationally.

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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. Three Important Considerations for ONC and the Health IT Community .

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Is this the right step in interoperability?

David Chou

The TEFCA sets standards for healthcare data interoperability that enables healthcare providers, patients, payers, health information exchanges (HIEs), healthcare IT vendors, and other healthcare organizations to securely and effectively share healthcare data.

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Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs

Healthcare IT Today

However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure. If the future of healthcare is built on the back of data, then it makes sense why health data infrastructure would be such an important topic.