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.

Large Tech Players HIT Offerings Not Aligning with Needs

Larger tech players such as Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, and Google, and Salesforce are accelerating their healthcare ambitions. But they’re mostly developing solutions that don’t align with health systems’ most pressing needs. 

CMS IPPS Policies Set to Advance Public Health Data Exchange

Policies in the CMS 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule aim to advance public health data exchange, according to the ONC.

CDS EHR Integration Boosts Contextualized Care Delivery

The use of clinical decision support (CDS) EHR integration increased the likelihood that a clinician would address relevant patient life context in their care plan, according to a new study.

Biometrics Can Help Match Patients to Their Electronic Health Records

Experts discuss how facial images, fingerprints enable health care providers to correctly access and share patient health information, in this recent Pew study.

Providers Focus on EHR Optimization to Boost Interoperability

Many providers are planning health IT investments focused on EHR optimization to boost interoperability and productivity, according to the 2022 Healthcare Provider IT Report from Bain & Company and KLAS Research.

AZ HIE Forms Health IT Partnership to Improve SDOH Referrals

Contexture, the health information exchange (HIE) of Arizona, has announced a new health IT partnership with Unite Us that aims to improve social determinants of health (SDOH) referrals. 

J&B Medical Becomes a Trusted Data Sharing Organization through the Michigan Health Information Network

Last week, the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) announced that J&B Medical has become an official Trusted Data Sharing Organization (TDSO), enabling J&B to exchange clinical and medical supply data throughout Michigan.

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