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.

EHR Interoperability is Being Tested During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Two doctors from Duke University explain how EHRs are not currently equipped to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, in this recent EHR Intelligence article.

HIMSS20 Goes Digital 

Last week, conference organizers announced that it would be making HIMSS20 digital with the goal of making all sessions and panels available online.

ONC Interoperability Rule to Standardize APIs via FHIR Release 4 

The ONC interoperability rule aims to adopt the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard as a foundational standard and requested comment on four options to determine the best version of FHIR to adopt.

ONC Interoperability Final Rule Clarifies Information Blocking

Under the ONC interoperability rule, it will not be considered information blocking if an “actor” is protecting the patient’s safety or privacy, according to this recent EHR Intelligence article.

ONC Interoperability Rule Garners Mixed Reviews from Stakeholders

Following a highly debated few months during the proposal phase, stakeholders and EHR vendors released statements that were both for and against the ONC interoperability rule. Here's our recent blog post about this too.

Why Providers and Insurers Are Pushing Back on CMS' New Interoperability Rules

Providers and insurers are raising concerns that newly finalized rules from CMS and the ONC, which aim to expand patients' electronic access to health information and improve interoperability, could put patients' privacy at risk.

Researchers Recommend Travel History to be Implemented into EHR

Following the recent spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, travel history information should be integrated into EHRs, according to infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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