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.

ONC to Award $2 Million in Funding to Promote Interoperability

For the third year in a row, the ONC is notifying private health IT organizations about a funding opportunity that will award a total of $2 million to enhance interoperability.

MGMA Urges ONC to Slow Down Implementation of Strategic Plan

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) wrote a letter advising the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to not move too quickly to implement the proposed 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. 

VA Delays EHR Modernization Deployment Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, the implementation of the VA’s new EHR Modernization program will be put on hold until further notice.

Coronavirus Prompts HIE Interoperability for Remote FL Employees

A Florida-based health information exchange (HIE), HIE Networks, is allowing for clinicians to access and exchange patient health records with their remote-based employees, in response to COVID-19. 

Indiana Network for Population Health tackles SDOH integration

In HIMSS20 Digital, health informatics expert Brian Dixon links the power of health information exchange networks to actionable data for hospitals.

NY Pop-Up Coronavirus Hospital to Implement Epic Systems EHR

The New York Department of Health and NYC Health + Hospitals have implemented Epic Systems EHR to boost interoperability and patient data access at Manhattan’s Javits Center during the coronavirus pandemic.

UCSF Launches Dashboard to Track How Social Determinants Affect Population Health

UC San Francisco developed an interactive population health mapping website that allows users to analyze the effect of factors such as social determinants of health on neighborhood-level health outcomes.

PODCAST: Former Chief Science Officer at ONC and Executive Director of MiHN Discuss HIT Infrastructure and COVID-19

In case you missed it, be sure to listen to our recent podcast interview Doug Fridsma, former President and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and former Chief Science Officer at ONC; Tim Pletcher, Executive Director of MiHIN; and Buff Colchagoff, CEO of RosettaHealth, about the role of health IT infrastructure in COVID-19 response. 

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