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.

Tripathi: ONC Working to Boost Interoperability, COVID-19 Response

The ONC will maintain its focus on mitigating COVID-19 through health IT while also prioritizing interoperability, National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi, said at the ONC 2021 Annual Meeting.

Being “Complaint Proof” on Information Blocking Won’t Be Easy for Providers, Vendors

The HHS information-blocking rule goes into effect this week, and providers and IT vendors will have challenges with figuring out how to handle scenarios that could make them non-compliant.

NY Health Information Exchange Strives to Mitigate Childhood Obesity

Rochester RHIO, a New York-based regional health information exchange (HIE), and its local partners developed a childhood obesity tool to boost public health and aid communities where childhood obesity is most prevalent.

EHR Performance and Execution Issues Result in VA EHR Pause

VA Secretary Denis McDonough told the House Veterans Affairs Committee that the agency’s EHRM system would undergo a 12-week strategic review due to a lack of quality EHR performance and execution.

NYeC to Develop Social Determinants of Health Initiative

The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and 2-1-1 New York, Inc., an affiliate of United Way of New York State, will work to promote patient data exchange through social determinants of health (SDOH) data.

Why Electronic Health Records Haven't Helped U.S. With Vaccinations

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare crippling interoperability issues when it comes to the vaccination rollouts, according to this recent IEEE Spectrum article.

What to Look for in Application Programming Interfaces (API)?

Interoperability, increased detail, accuracy, and timeliness are critical for application programming interface (API) developers and consumers, according to this recent EHR Intelligence article.

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