HIT News Round Up: CMS and the National Provider Directory; Bulk FHIR and Population Health; and Dental Data Exchange Project Pilot
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.
AHA Asks CMS to Halt National Healthcare Provider Directory Operation
The American Hospital Association (AHA) detailed several concerns and requested that CMS not proceed with the proposed national healthcare provider directory, the trade group said in a public comment on the pitch.
PPRL Boosts Patient Matching Across Clinical Research Networks
Privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL) technology helped enhance patient matching within the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), according to a recent study.
ONC: Interoperable Health IT Key for HIV Prevention, Health Equity Efforts
Interoperable health IT can help drive health equity to end the HIV epidemic and support people living with HIV, according to the ONC.
Bulk FHIR Could Boost Access to Immunization Data for Population Health
Bulk FHIR could help providers access Immunization Information System (IIS) data for population health outreach, according to a new study.
Building Public Health Data Infrastructure Is Key to Precision Public Health
Leveraging health information exchanges gives public health the functionality needed to modernize and flex to the ever-changing landscape of disease and need around us, according to this recent Healthcare Innovation Op-Ed by Mimi Hall of Manifest MedEx.
HL7 Calls on NCVHS to Designate FHIR as Clinical Attachments Data Standard
Health Level Seven International (HL7) called on the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) to include FHIR as a data standard for electronic clinical attachments.
Dental Data Exchange Project to Pilot Implementation Guides
An HL7 Dental Data Exchange Project is seeking vendor partners to participate in the piloting of the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and FHIR Dental Data Exchange implementation guides, with testing to occur in September 2023.
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