HIE News Round Up: Value of HIT Infrastructure and COVID-19; Carequality Milestone; and HITRUST Certification

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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.

COVID-19 Proves Need for National Health IT Infrastructure

The spread of COVID-19 illustrates the need for a national health information technology infrastructure, according to an article published in JAMA.

Carequality Hits Over 1 Billion Clinical Document Exchanges

Over 1 billion clinical document exchanges have been sent and received on the Carequality interoperability network since the company’s first document exchange in 2016.

How the Interoperability Rule, APIs Could Reduce Clinician Burden

The ONC final interoperability rule has the potential to transform EHR systems by improving interoperability and addressing clinician burden, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts and American Medical Association. 

LANES CA Health Information Exchange Achieves HITRUST Certification

The Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES), a nonprofit health information exchange (HIE), announced it has earned HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) Certification, required by CSF 9.2.

COVID-19 Pandemic Creating Demand for Virtual Health Records

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created care challenges for health organizations, there has been a rise in the use of virtual health records as a viable solution.

EHR Technology Collecting Provider Reviews Yields Good Feedback

Ninety-three percent of surgeons responded positively to EHR technology that served as a resident surgical evaluation tool, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery. 

App Aims To Integrate Transcription Of Medical Visit For Patient’s Record

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is testing a new app, during telemedicine calls, that provides patients with a recording and transcript of the appointment.


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