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.

DirectTrust Names Health IT Stakeholders Leading Interoperability

DirectTrust has announced its third quarter selection of individuals, teams, and organizations as Interoperability Heroes in recognition of their commitment to advancing health IT. 

Biden Nominates Former Microsoft Exec as VA CIO, Secretary for IT

President Joe Biden recently announced his intent to nominate Kurt DelBene, a seasoned health IT executive, for chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and assistant secretary for Information and Technology.

Pain Management Group Taps athenahealth EHR for Care Coordination

Advanced Pain Care (APC), a pain management group in Texas, is implementing a cloud-based EHR implementation from athenahealth that is expected to boost interoperability for enhanced care coordination.

Data Interoperability is Essential to Vaccination Success

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing on, greater collaboration among organizations, and a new sense of purpose with regard to interoperability, is essential in this new era – as highlighted in this Managed Healthcare Executive Op-Ed.

Community Hospital Taps Epic EHR to Mitigate Clinician Burden

Rochelle Community Hospital (RCH), a small community hospital in Illinois, has begun an Epic EHR implementation, which is expected to cut down on clinician burden and improve care delivery,

CT Appoints Health IT Officer, Health Information Exchange Chair

The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has appointed Sumit Sajnani to serve as the state's Health IT Officer (HITO). Sajnani will co-chair the statewide Health IT Advisory Council (HITAC), which focuses on policy recommendations to advance the state's health IT and health information exchange (HIE) efforts.

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