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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

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Here’s a quick summary of what everyone had to say in the video: Deven McGraw, Head of Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae – It’s not a replacement for Community HIE but I think it’s an essential tool for making sure that there’s nationwide exchange.

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ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

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ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

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A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Behavioral health EHR Valant launched Prospective Patient Management , a tool for matching patients and providers.

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Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

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John talked to Kno2 co-founder Theresa Bell and John Mannion of Consensus Cloud Solutions about the benefits of integrating fax into healthcare communication tools. These tools can detect problems such as missing or incorrect image alt text, hard-to-read fonts, or animations that could trigger epileptic symptoms.

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Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

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The grant, awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, comes weeks after the research team published a study in njp Digital Medicine indicating that increased telehealth access during COVID-19 did not result in increased, unnecessary access to primary care. Partnerships.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Behavioral health EHR Valant launched Prospective Patient Management , a tool for matching patients and providers.

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Products Hybrid chronic care provider Enabled Healthcare began enrolling patients in Washington state. Conversational language analytics vendor Authenticx released an autoscoring tool for evaluating consumer interactions. Plano, Texas-based Care Choice Family Clinic chose eClinicalWorks.