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.

API EHR Integrations Grow, But FHIR Data Exchange Adoption Trails

While the number of application programming interfaces (API) EHR integrations increased from 2019 to 2020, the proportion of APIs that support the FHIR data exchange standard remained relatively the same, according to a new study. 

eHealth Exchange HIE Launches Health IT Innovation, Interoperability Grant

The eHealth Exchange health information exchange (HIE) has launched a grant program that seeks to award up to $550,000 to industry stakeholders that are advancing interoperability through health IT innovation.

DirectTrust Launches Consensus Body for SDOH Data Exchange Interoperability

DirectTrust has announced the launch of the Information Exchange for Human Services (IX4HS) Consensus Body to support social determinants of health (SDOH) data exchange interoperability. 

FDA is Improving Interoperability to Enhance Patient Outcomes

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching new interoperability initiatives to increase access to health data and ultimately improve patient outcomes and quality of care.

EHR Vendor athenahealth Partnership Focuses on FQHC Health IT

EHR vendor athenahealth has partnered with a health center-controlled network to enhance health IT offerings for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).

Regenstrief Adds 400 LOINC Terms, Data Exchange Interoperability

The Regenstrief Institute has announced the addition of 400 new terms to the LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) dataset in efforts to boost health data exchange interoperability.

After Google, Microsoft Struck Out, Can Apple Get People to Use its Health Records Feature?

Apple has integrated with 700 providers for its health records app. But it faces a similar challenge to other health records projects that have failed in the past: patient uptake. 

DSS, Inc. Expands Services Capabilities Through Acquisition of SBG Technology Solutions

DSS, Inc. a leading provider of health information technology (HIT) solutions for federal, private and public healthcare organizations, announced last week that it has acquired SBG Technology Solutions, Inc., an Alexandria-based company offering a wide-range of IT services and solutions to the federal government and the commercial sectors.

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