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.

3 Ways the Biden Admin, HHS Could Boost Patient Data Sharing

The Biden administration could require enhanced patient data sharing, update EHR requirements, and increase API access to improve public health sharing and give experts the tools to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts.

eHealth Exchange Promotes Patient Data Exchange Across Health Orgs

eHealth Exchange users reported high customer satisfaction across multiple areas, including patient data exchange and interoperability, according to a new KLAS report.

EHR Interoperability Continues to Climb in Acute Care Hospitals

EHR interoperability among acute care hospitals increased from 2018 to 2019, according to an ONC report.

How to Leverage Health Information Standards to Boost EHR Usability

Developing and implementing a human-centered design (HCD) into the EHR can boost EHR usability and aid clinicians when reviewing patient data charts, according to a new JAMIA study.

VA Health Information Exchange Implementation Barriers

Health IT leaders at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said the complex interrelationship correlation between local and national VA entities is a more significant technical obstacle than the interoperability between the two health IT systems, according to a study published in JMIR Medical Informatics.

CA Provider Coalition to Support a State Health Information Exchange

Connecting for Better Health, a group of California’s most influential healthcare organizations and stakeholders, announced that they launched a coalition to support a California statewide health information exchange (HIE).

Regenstrief to Implement COVID-19 Dataset Codes with ONC Funds

Regenstrief Institute announced that it would develop and add COVID-19 standardized codes to the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) dataset to enhance mapping services and upgrade health IT infrastructure.

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