HIE News Round Up: ONC and Patient Matching; Carequality and Patient Data Access; and Interoperability and Gaps in Care
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.
ONC Releases Health IT Specification for Patient Matching
In collaboration with standards development organizations (SDOs) and health IT stakeholders, the ONC has released the Project US@ (‘Project USA’) Technical Specification Final Version 1.0 which aims to improve patient matching through data standards.
ONC Adds Public Health Reporting Specifications to Interoperability Guidance
ONC’s 8th annual update of the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition includes new specifications related to ePrescribing and public health reporting.
Carequality to Require Most Provider Participants to Enable Patients to Access Their Data
Health data exchanges such as Carequality are continuing to fill the gap in provider education and readiness, and its FHIR implementation guide, due out this year, could give patients access to their data without providers having to go through EHR vendor app stores.
CHIME Awards EHR Vendor MEDITECH Health IT Collaboration Award
CHIME has honored Jim Jirjis, chief health information officer of HCA Healthcare, and EHR vendor MEDITECH with the 2021 CHIME Collaboration Award for their health IT partnership.
Poor Data Quality, Limited Interoperability Hamper Financial Outcomes
Poor data quality and limited interoperability can have devastating effects on healthcare organizations’ financial outcomes, according to a new study commissioned by InterSystems.
Closing Gaps in Care with Advanced Interoperability Capabilities
Payers must improve their ability to access data by addressing interoperability capabilities within their health IT infrastructure, according to this recent HealthPayerIntelligence article.
Having the Same EHR Vendor Does Not Ensure Health IT Interoperability
EHR interoperability with the same health IT vendor is still far from perfect due to limited data standards adoption, according to a new study.
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