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.

VA Implements Platform to Increase EHR Interoperability for Veterans

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched the Veterans Data Integration and Federation Enterprise Platform (VDIF EP) to promote and increase interoperability for veterans.

Regenstrief Implements New Set of COVID-19 Dataset Codes

Health IT professionals at Regenstrief Institute have added new COVID-19 standardized codes for laboratory testing and clinical observations to the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) dataset. 

CPOE Systems, CDS Tools Negatively Impacting EHR Alerts

Hospitals are increasing clinician burnout due to a high number of EHR alerts from computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems and clinical decision support (CDS) tools, according to a study.

How AI Assistants Streamline EHR Documentation, Clinician Workload

After trying everything from human scribes, to automated scribes, OrthoIndy Hospital cut off all after-hours EHR documentation with a mobile AI assistant.

healtheConnect Alaska Brings Behavioral Health Information to Providers

healtheConnect Alaska has released a behavioral health data tab in its healtheHUB provider portal, offering providers will now have access to critical information about Alaska’s most vulnerable population.

Disease Severity is a Main Cause of Duplicated EHR Problem Lists

Demographics and disease severity are linked to both the incompleteness and duplication of EHR problem lists, according to a new study.

Paper Health Records Still Prevalent at Substance Abuse Facilities

Three-in-ten substance abuse treatment facilities strictly use EHRs to store and exchange patient health data, while 57 percent of facilities utilize both paper records and EHRs to demonstrate the same capabilities, according to a recent ONC data brief.

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