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.

Market Leader EHR Implementation Increases Patient Data Exchange

Patient sharing increases when hospitals switch to a dominant EHR developer in a market area, suggesting that market dominance leads to an increase in patient data exchange and shared patients, according to a new study.

Care Team EHR Documentation Support May Alleviate Clinician Burden

A greater amount of support from care team members in clinical note writing was associated with less primary care physician (PCP) time spent on EHR documentation, which could lead to decreased clinician burden, according to a new study.

EHR Vendor Epic Tops Market for Revenue Cycle Management Health IT

Epic is the EHR vendor market leader for revenue cycle management health IT due to its strong integration capabilities, according to a recent KLAS report.

Tech Company Oracle in Talks of Acquiring EHR Vendor Cerner

Technology giant Oracle is in talks of acquiring EHR vendor Cerner, and sources forecast that the buyout could be worth $30 billion.

HL7 Announces New Positions Set to Further Interoperability Work

Health Level Seven International (HL7) has created three new executive positions that are set to support the organization’s interoperability and data standards goals.

Health IT Vendor Supports Interoperability Rule Compliance, Data Analytics

Health IT vendor Greenway Health has announced new capabilities set to come out later next year that aim to help clients comply with 21st Century Cures Act interoperability requirements and advance cloud-based data analytics.

PODCAST: Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas Networks for Health, Discusses New Role and Future of Health Data Exchange

In this RosettaHealth podcast interview, Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas Networks for Health, discusses new role as full-time CEO, the future of health data exchange, and much more.

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