HIE News Round Up: Post-COVID Health IT Needs; The Sequoia Project Information Blocking Boot Camp; and Population Health Needs

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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.

EHR Optimization, Health IT Projects Needed After COVID-19 Surge

Health systems and organizations are looking forward to EHR optimization projects and new technologies now that they are no longer facing the first influx of COVID-19 patients.

The Sequoia Project Launches Information Blocking Boot Camp

The Sequoia Project has created the Information Blocking Compliance Boot Camp and free public resource center to help prepare and train healthcare and health IT organizations for to comply with the upcoming ONC interoperability rule.

How Hospitals Can Boost Health IT Safety to Achieve Accreditation

The Pew Charitable Trusts and MedStar Health, are requesting CMS and the Joint Commission to make health IT safety a priority for hospitals that seek accreditation.

Do Independent Practices Report Clinical Quality Measures Faster?

Smaller practices without support from a larger provider, or quality improvement (QI) support, reported their electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) more quickly than those with larger organizational support, according to a new study.

COVID-19 Data Sharing Pits Privacy Against Public Safety

To date, health authorities across the nation have been sparing with data, citing federal and state medical privacy laws to justify withholding any information that might identify an individual patient.

Electronic Case Reporting Promotes Interoperability During COVID-19

Sutter Health has implemented an electronic case-reporting tool into its EHR to automate a previously burdensome process.

The Importance of Effective Population Health Data Management

Professor Mahmood Adil, Medical Director of Public Health Scotland, discusses the value of public health management in this recent Health IT News article.


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