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.

TEFCA Interoperability Infrastructure Go-Live Set for Q1 2022

ONC has announced that the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) interoperability infrastructure and health information exchange (HIE) standards will be live in the first quarter of 2022.

ONC Updates USCDI, Interoperability Standards for SDOH

HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released updated the USCDI interoperability standards to support the nationwide exchange of sexual orientation, gender identity, and social determinants of health (SDOH) data.

Despite Data Exchange Gains, Post-Acute Care Needs Interoperability

While post-acute care (PAC) providers and their EHR vendors improved data exchange capabilities from 2019 to 2020, they must continue to work towards true interoperability, according to a report from Porter Research.

VA Reassessing EHR Rollout Strategy Over Concerns at Pilot Facility

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said the agency is rethinking its EHR rollout strategy after watchdog reports revealed health IT-related patient safety issues at the pilot facility last month.

Health Data Sharing With Social Services Raises Privacy Concerns

Proposed changes to federal health privacy rules intended to encourage information sharing with social services agencies could pose unacceptable privacy risks, provider groups and privacy advocates say.

Event Notification EHR Integrations May Promote Primary Care Coordination

Primary care teams at two Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical centers found an event notification EHR integration for admissions and discharges improves care coordination, according to a new JAMIA study.

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