HIE News Round Up: Interoperability Compliance Challenges; New Information Blocking Rules; and New KLAS Study
Welcome to the Health Information Exchange Weekly News Round Up from RosettaHealth. Each week, we will provide you with a summary of all the actionable news that hospitals, HIT vendors, ACOs, and population health providers need to be smart and effective when it comes to health information exchange.
Providers, Payers Struggling to Comply with Interoperability Mandates Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey
Despite delays to push back new federal data-sharing requirements, providers and payers say they are still struggling to meet the compliance deadlines while addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Information-Blocking Rules: What Doctors Should Know
HHS is extending compliance dates for a complex federal regulation aimed at ending information-blocking practices that impede the secure exchange and use of electronic health information by patients, doctors and health care organizations.
NE, IA Health Information Exchanges to Create Midwest Regional HIE
Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NEHII) and the Iowa Health Information Network (IHIN) have announced a plan for the two non-profit health information exchanges to join forces and boost interoperability between providers in neighboring states.
VA Officials Deem EHR Modernization Launch an Early Success in WA
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR Modernization (EHRM) implementation at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, WA and subsequent two weeks have been a resounding success, according to the VA.
Cleaning Up the EHR Master Patient Index to Boost Patient Matching
Integrating a simple spell-checking algorithm into the EHR could mitigate patient matching issues, especially during COVID-19, according to a new JAMA study.
KLAS: Epic, Cerner Lead in Interoperability for EHRs
Healthcare organizations have adopted national interoperability networks Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance as some of the primary methods for sharing patient records, but the usability of the shared data varies greatly depending on the EHR each organization uses, according to KLAS Research.
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