HIE News Round Up: ONC Interoperability Standards Advisory Updates; DirectTrust Breaks Records; and Information Blocking News
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 Adds 3 Key Updates to Interoperability Standards Advisory
The ONC recently made several key updates to the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA), highlighted by COVID-19, public health emergency, and admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) notifications to a record locator service.
Top Healthcare Orgs Launch Information Blocking Resource Center
Eight top healthcare organizations have joined forces to launch the Information Blocking Resource Center to prepare and educate stakeholders for the upcoming information blocking compliance dates as a part of the 21st Century Cures Act.
CMS Extends Deadline to Submit Patient Experience, Interoperability Data
CMS has extended its deadline for hospitals to submit third-quarter 2020 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data to March 17th.
DirectTrust Streamlines 2B Direct Secure Messages Since 2014
DirectTrust has announced it has surpassed 2 billion direct secure messages since it began tracking the statistic in 2014. This milestone was fueled by a record-breaking 265 million patient data exchange transactions during the fourth quarter of 2020 and 719 million overall transactions in 2020.
Florida Launches PULSE Platform for Emergency Patient Data Exchange
The State of Florida has launched the Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE) platform to boost patient data exchange during statewide public health emergencies and natural disasters.
NY HIE Hits Record Number of EHR Alerts, Patient Data Lookups
Patient data lookups by county and state health departments doubled and EHR alerts sky-rocketed in Western New York during COVID-19, according to a HEALTHeLINK 2020 report.
Electronic Health Records May Be Delaying COVID-19 Vaccinations
NPR recently ran this story about how electronic health records often aren't connected and don't share information easily, which may be playing a role in the COVID-19 vaccine delays.
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