HIE News Round Up: AI Data Exchange and Clinician Burden; Health Equity by Design; and News from The Sequoia Project
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.
Rising Clinician Burden Points Execs Towards AI Data Exchange
High rates of clinician burden from outdated modes of patient health data exchange are pushing health IT executives toward artificial intelligence (AI) investments, according to a new survey.
The Sequoia Project Publishes New Elements for Common Agreement
Last week, The Sequoia Project released its new elements for the Common Agreement, another step in developing its "rules of the road" for trusted health data exchange.
Feds: “Health Equity by Design” Key to Health IT, Interoperability
Health IT developers should consider the collection of social determinants of health (SDOH) data as a core feature of health IT design to pursue health equity, said ONC lead Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP.
How Public Quality Reporting Spurs EHR Optimization, Improvements
Negative feedback from public quality reporting programs can help spur EHR optimization among hospitals, according to a new study.
How Primary Care EHR Integrations Can Boost Specialty Referrals
EHR integration in primary care settings can increase referrals, but use of that health IT usually varies based on clinician engagement, according to a recent study.
Facilitating the Secure Exchange of Health Data
The recent acquisition of the SAFE Identity consortium and its trust framework by DirectTrust, which is best known for creating and maintaining trust frameworks for secure email messaging in healthcare, will help facilitate new secure health information exchange use cases, according to DirectTrust CEO Scott Stuewe.
ONC Announces Health IT Winners of Synthetic Health Data Challenge
ONC has announced $100,000 in total awards to six winners of the Synthetic Health Data Challenge for health IT tools.
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