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.

HHS Awarding $2.5M to HIEs to Strengthen Infrastructure, Support Public Health Agencies

Last week, HHS announced a new $2.5 million funding opportunity intended to improve electronic health information data exchange among health information exchanges and state and local public health agencies. 

HL7 Enhances FHIR Accelerator Program to Improve Clinical Research

HL7 announced a new initiative aiming to help researchers collect, utilize, and exchange patient data in both translational and clinical research.

HIEs Key to ONC Final Rule Delivery, Addressing COVID-19

The long-term data storage and aggregation potential of health information exchanges can help smooth health care and make medical discoveries, according to this recent Government CIO article.

At ONC Tech Forum, Rucker Touts Value of HIEs in COVID-19 Response

While the APIs mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act will eventually enable a more "seamless experience" across the care continuum, Dr. Donald Rucker, National Coordinator for Health IT, stated that state HIEs have a crucial role to play in coordinating pandemic response right now.

DirectTrust Forms Consensus Body to Enhance Interoperability

DirectTrust announced the creation of a consensus body to pursue the development of an implementation guide that utilizes the Direct Standard to increase interoperability between Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) notifications.

COVID-19 Waivers Improved Medicare Advantage Telehealth Access

Medicare Advantage plans and other stakeholders reported that CMS waivers successfully enabled Medicare and Medicare Advantage telehealth access during the coronavirus pandemic, but several barriers remain, according to a recent study.

Four Technologies That Promote Secure Exchange of Health Data

Regardless of the exact wording of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule, it’s clear that healthcare executives will be spending considerable time this year thinking about it, and here are the four primary interoperability technologies.

AMA, SNOMED International Join Forces to Enhance Patient Care

The American Medical Association (AMA) and SNOMED International have announced an initiative to improve resource utilization throughout healthcare and provide better health outcomes.

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