Welcome to the Health Information Technology 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 HIT and health information exchange.

The Sequoia Project Seeks Feedback on Draft TEFCA FHIR Implementation Guide

The Sequoia Project has released the “Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide” for stakeholder feedback. The guide outlines policy, technical, and process requirements for QHINs, Participants, and Sub-participants to exchange TEFCA information using the HL7 FHIR standard. 

Training, Interoperability Key for Electronic Health Information Sharing

In a recent ONC provider-focused workshop, participants noted training, technical capacity, and interoperability as the biggest challenges with electronic health information (EHI) sharing.

Code of Conduct Unveiled for Healthcare Data Exchange

EHNAC and CARIN have created a health data exchange common code of conduct for healthcare providers, insurers, developers, and app developers.

HIEs Now Serving as Public Health Utilities

Erica Galvez, CEO of Manifest MedEx, and Kyle Russell, CEO of Virginia Health Information, recently participated in this recent Healthcare IT News Q&A about how HIEs are moving into being public health utilities.  

Demystifying FHIR APIs

In migrating from HL7 v2 (or a proprietary format) to FHIR, your IT or engineering group will be teaching a dozen different systems to speak a new, highly technical language, according to this recent MedCity News Op-Ed.

How 5G in Healthcare Can Help IoT, Wearables Adoption

The combination of IoT devices and 5G can expand the use of healthcare devices for more connected, smarter patient care, while also helping with security and interoperability concerns.

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