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.

eHealth Exchange Awards $550K for Health IT Innovation, Data Exchange

The eHealth Exchange, a health information exchange, has announced the launch of a competitive grant program to encourage health IT innovation by offering up to $550,000 to organizations pursuing creative approaches that lead to advanced data exchange.

EHNAC, HITRUST Partner to Strengthen TNAP Health Data Security

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and HITRUST have announced a partnership to strengthen the health data security framework of the Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP).

VA, Cerner to Conduct Root Cause Analysis for EHR Software Bug

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and EHR vendor Cerner will perform a “full root cause analysis” and establish an action plan to prevent further outages after a software bug affected the EHR system at the Mann-Grandstaff VA hospital.

Clinical Note Assessment Tool Boosts Student EHR Documentation Quality

Clerkship director feedback was more effective than ward resident feedback in improving student EHR documentation quality through the use of a clinical note assessment tool, according to a new study.

NZ-Based Orion Health to Build 'World's Largest' HIE for Saudi Arabia

Health IT provider Orion Health has been appointed to build a health information exchange for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The system will provide a single, holistic view of medical and care information of around 32 million people at launch, with capacity to cover more than 50 million people.

Coalition of Hospitals, Health Plans and Others Urge for Stronger Guidance Around Third-Party Apps

The Confidentiality Coalition and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange has sent a letter to the secretaries of Commerce and Health and Human Services voicing concerns about the potential misuse of patient health information by unregulated third-party applications.

Regenstrief Appoints Research Center Director as Interim CEO

Susan Hickman, PhD, will maintain her role as director of the Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief while also serving as interim president and CEO.

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