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.

Physicians Say Better Data Interoperability Will Save Lives

96 percent of physicians believe that effective health data sharing capabilities will help save a patient’s life, according to a recent Google Cloud/Harris survey.

Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data

While there are many bipartisan sticking points when it comes to health care reform, there’s one issue that the majority of Americans seem to agree is important: improving access to digital health records.

The Sequoia Project Posts Draft TEFCA Interoperability Infrastructure

The Sequoia Project, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) for implementation of the TEFCA interoperability infrastructure, published a draft of the QHIN Technical Framework (QTF) for stakeholder comment.

Understanding Electronic Prior Authorization EHR Integrations

As healthcare stakeholders investigate ways to leverage health IT to mitigate clinician burden and improve patient safety, the next frontier for the digital health transformation could be streamlining the arduous prior authorization process through electronic prior authorization.

Google Cloud Health IT Tool Set to Boost Interoperability, Streamline Data

Google Cloud has announced a private preview of its Healthcare Data Engine, a health IT solution that builds on the core capabilities of the Google Cloud Healthcare API and streamlines data from disparate sources for enhanced interoperability.

Vaccine Reporting Called Taxing for Short-Staffed Nursing Homes

Nursing homes are pushing back on recent Covid-19 vaccine reporting requirements that they say are confusing to follow and overwhelming for their already limited staff as they struggle to thwart new outbreaks.

ID Health Information Exchange Data Migration Set to Boost Interoperability

Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE), Idaho’s designated statewide health information exchange (HIE), is migrating its legacy data to a next generation, scalable platform in efforts to boost interoperability and care coordination. 

Market Leaders Drive Certified Health IT FHIR-Enabled API Adoption

The nationwide FHIR-enabled API adoption rate was 84 percent for hospitals in 2019, and most implementations came from a health IT market leader.

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