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TEFCA Real Talk

Healthcare IT Today

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention.

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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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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Through interoperability via low-code integrations, improved accuracy on patient information and documentation will be available for more patients and people with access rights. Staffing shortages will cause severe care disruption.

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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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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set).

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Weekly Roundup – June 17, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

How Interoperability Saves Lives – and Builds Trust. For FQHCs such as Dallas-area HHM Health, maintaining trust is critical because many patients are new users of the healthcare system. Read more… TEFCA Real Talk From Interoperability Leaders. Read more… What Trends Are Health IT Leaders Keeping an Eye On ?

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Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Healthcare IT Today

Research and Surveys Stanford Health Care tested GPT-3.5 Further compounding the problem: 59% of providers rate patient health literacy as poor despite their education efforts. Libman Education is seeking input from the health IT community for its fifth annual HIM Professional Census.

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