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.

Interoperability: An Untapped Tool in America’s Fight Against COVID-19

Bruce Broussard, President and CEO of Humana, recently authored this STAT article about how interoperability is critical to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability Principles for Providers

Stakeholders and healthcare professionals across the country developed these 10 patient data sharing principles to help guide health organizations and universities toward the appropriate use of data sharing to boost patient care, research, and innovation.

Top 5 EHR Replacement Tips to Ensure Patient Safety, EHR Training

Health IT experts at Penn Medicine recently discussed how EHR training, EHR optimization, and patient safety are critical to running a successful EHR replacement effort.

Rural Hospital Health Information Exchange Stunts Telehealth Adoption

A lack of a robust health information exchange (HIE) is a significant barrier for rural hospital telehealth adoption, according to a new study. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield Develops Effective Patient Matching Algorithm

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) developed a patient-matching algorithm for the payer community with an impressive 99.5 percent accuracy rate, according to The Sequoia Project.

UC San Diego Accelerates Interoperability with Local EHR Integration

Integrating EHRs from a learning institution and its affiliated academic medical center boosts interoperability and improves patient care and patient safety, according to a new study.

Spike in Coronavirus Cases Overwhelms Cleveland Department of Public Health, Delaying Data Release

A spike in coronavirus cases overwhelmed the staff at Cleveland’s Department of Public Health, preventing it from releasing data about new cases.

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