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 Launches USCDI Initiative to Improve Dataset Interoperability

The ONC has launched a new initiative that will add to the existing United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and improve dataset interoperability and alignment standards for federal partners.

Finances Stymie Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability at FQHCs

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other safety-net providers face interoperability challenges that limit their patient data sharing capabilities, according to a new whitepaper. 

VA Initiates Independent Cost Review for EHR Implementation

After a series of reviews earlier this year revealed that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) underestimated health IT costs for its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program, the department has announced that it is bringing in an independent body to provide a cost estimate for the EHR implementation.

Researchers Create Gender-Inclusive HL7 Model, EHR Documentation

Leveraging health IT data standards through a gender-inclusive HL7 model for EHR documentation could help improve care delivery for gender-marginalized patients and boost health equity, according to a new study.

Cerner CEO: EHR Usability Key for Digital Health Transformation

During the opening keynote at the 2021 Cerner Health Conference, the health IT vendor’s new president and CEO, David Feinberg, MD, MBA, said that EHR usability is key to the success of the digital health transformation.

Current Health Care System Cannot Survive Aging Population

Improved HIT is the only way the current system can handle our nation’s aging population, according to a recent Medical Economics guest article by Dr. John M. Ciccone, DSS, Inc.’s Chief Medical Officer.

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