HIT News Round Up: The Sequoia Project Health Data Usability Implementation Guide; eHealth Exchange Milestone; and New Data Exchange Hub
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 Publishes Health Data Usability Implementation Guide
The Sequoia Project has released the final version of its "Data Usability Implementation Guide," which offers guidance to improve health data usability to benefit patient care.
eHealth Exchange HIE Reaches 1.35 Billion Health Data Requests Per Month
The eHealth Exchange, a health information exchange (HIE) connecting federal agencies and healthcare providers, has announced that the eHealth Exchange Hub platform has surpassed 1.35 billion inbound health data requests per month.
KONZA National Network's Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) Application Accepted
Last week, KONZA National Network announced that their application to be a designated QHIN is complete and has been accepted for review by the Sequoia Project as the Recognized Coordinating Entity for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.
Oklahoma HIE Exemplifies Benefits of Making Patient Data Easily Accessible
The MyHealth Access Network uses governance and real-time data transmission to bring healthcare info to clinicians, according to this recent Health Data Management article.
FHIR at Scale Taskforce Publishes First Implementation Guides
The FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST), which transitioned from an initiative of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to an HL7 FHIR Accelerator in early 2022, announced the publication of its first two implementation guides (IGs).
Epic Launches New Data Exchange Hub for Vendors
Epic has designed its new Connection Hub as a place for vendors to share their ability to exchange data with electronic health records for Epic customers and others.
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