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The State of Healthcare Interoperability: Slow Progress, Fragmented Landscape and Technical Challenges

Electronic Health Reporter

Welcome to this three-part series examining healthcare interoperability in the United States and the reasons for its slow progress.

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CMS launches new initiatives to expand patient access to health data, plans ‘complete overhaul’ of Meaningful Use

FierceHealthIT

The agency also plans to overhaul the Meaningful Use program to place more emphasis on interoperability. Seema Verma announced two new initiatives from CMS aimed at giving patients access to their health data by opening up claims data to app developers.

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Rochester RHIO Advances Interoperability Using Best-in-Class Direct Secure Messaging

Healthcare IT Today

Thanks to the regulations included as part of meaningful use, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), every healthcare provider using certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) has access to Direct Secure Messaging.

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Meaningful Use Education Module: Transitions of Care

Medicine and Technology

What do you know about Stage 2 Meaningful Use around Transitions of Care? ONC and CMS staff created the module in response to stakeholder questions about the objective’s measurement requirements and valid certification approaches.

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TEFCA Real Talk

Healthcare IT Today

Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. One area where Mueller believes HIM professionals can make a significant difference is interoperability. The era of rolling shelves, paperclips, and Dictaphones ended less than 20 years ago. A lot has changed. “I

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Looking Back at the Last Decade of Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 26

Healthcare IT Today

Government Regulations – Meaningful Use. Data Blocking & Interoperability. Here's a summary of some of the top topics we discuss: Last Decade. Cloud Acceptance. Cybersecurity Explosion. Healthcare Consolidation. Physician Burnout. * Big Tech Entering Healthcare. Legal Cases & Violations