HIE News Round Up: COVID-19 Vaccines and Data Sharing; ONC and Patient Matching; and The Sequoia Project News
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.
How to Boost Interoperability During a Natural Disaster, COVID-19
When a natural disaster strikes, interoperability and patient data exchange are essential to maintain patient care, according to this recent EHR Intelligence article.
ONC to Launch Address Standardization Project to Lift Patient Matching
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Project US@ initiative, intending to standardize one patient address format in health IT to boost patient matching and data exchange.
COVID-19 Vaccines Will Arrive Before the Data Sharing Technology
Scientists have produced COVID-19 vaccines in record time. But the digital connectivity needed to closely track doses, side effects, and continuing infections is still lagging behind — even though the technology is now widely available.
Increased ePrescribing Interoperability is Needed for Patient Safety
Increased ePrescribing interoperability between prescribers and pharmacies is crucial to decreased prescription drug errors and increased patient safety, according to a new study.
Patients Need Further Knowledge on APIs, Mobile Apps
Stakeholders reported consumers have limited knowledge of available application programming interfaces (APIs) and mobile phone applications that enable patients to coordinate their care through a third-party app, according to a new Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) report.
Google Cloud Launches Interoperability Readiness Program for Users
Google Cloud has launched the Google Cloud Healthcare Interoperability Readiness Program to help healthcare organizations prepare for the ONC 21st Century Cures Act and future health IT and interoperability innovation.
The Sequoia Project Offers 13-Week Information Blocking Compliance Boot Camp Again in 2021
The Sequoia Project has launched a second edition of its popular information blocking compliance boot camp program to help healthcare and health IT communities prepare for the updated April 5, 2021 ONC information blocking and interoperability rules deadline.
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