HIE News Round Up: ONC Interoperability Outcomes Goals; Epic Systems Dominates 2020; and NHSN Direct Launch
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: Let’s Do Great Things With EHR Systems, Interoperability
The ONC is maintaining its focus on information blocking, interoperability, and coordination between federal agencies, according to Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health IT.
ONC Prompts Health IT Leaders to Make Interoperability Outcome Goals
The ONC also called for health IT leaders to consider where health IT interoperability has taken them and where they hope to see the industry go in a recent post announcing its “Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030” project.
ONC Defines EHR Certification For SDOH Data To Pursue Health Equity
Last week, the ONC announced its health IT demographic EHR certification requirements to standardize race and ethnicity data collection in the pursuit of health equity.
Epic Systems Dominates 2020 EHR Implementation Market Share
Nearly 150 hospitals implemented Epic Systems EHR throughout 2020, which further contributed to Epic’s stronghold on the EHR implementation market share, according to a recent KLAS report.
Humans Top Digital Scribes For Better EHR Documentation
Human scribes still trump digital scribes in EHR documentation, according to a study published in the Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library.
Data Interoperability, Knowledge Interoperability and the Learning Health System
Dr. Blackford Middleton, physician expert in interoperability and standards, offers a deep dive into how provider organizations can gain more value from their EHR and IT investments, in this recent Healthcare IT News interview.
RosettaHealth Launches NHSN Direct Automated COVID-19 POC Reporting for Long-Term and Post-Acute Care
Last week, RosettaHealth announced that it has officially launched its NHSN Direct solution, which offers a streamlined process for long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) and nursing home facilities to meet the new CMS COVID-19 POC reporting requirements.
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