HIE News Round Up: HIMSS Calls for $36.7M Public Health Investment; HL7 Launches ONC FAST Accelerator; and ONC Celebrates Big Anniversary
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.
HIMSS Report Calls for $36.7M Public Health Investment
HIMSS recently published a report recommending an investment of $36.7 billion over 10 years to modernize State, Territorial, Local and Tribal (STLT) public health infrastructure to ensure readiness for ongoing and emerging public health emergencies.
HL7 Launches ONC FAST Accelerator to Boost FHIR Scalability
Health Level Seven International (HL7) announced that ONC's FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) will transition into an HL7 FHIR Accelerator.
CHI Comments on ONC USCDI Proposed Version 3 Data Classes
The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) provided comments to the ONC on its Draft (v3) US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and its ongoing USCDI expansion process (draft USCDI).
Cerner EHR Integration Boosts Access to COVID-19 Therapeutics
The White House recently announced that it has asked health IT vendors, including Cerner, for their support in providing COVID therapeutics within the EHR.
DirectTrust Celebrates 10 Years of Healthcare Interoperability Initiatives
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, nonprofit healthcare industry alliance DirectTrust recognized a special class of Interoperability Heroes.
How Hospitals Are Breaking Down Data Silos to Improve Patient Care
Full EHR interoperability and data standardization remain the holy grail: mysterious and elusive. So hospitals are employing different strategies to access a patient's complete medical history, according to this recent MedCity News article.
Misconceptions About HIPAA, Interoperability, Information Blocking
At the HealthITSecurity virtual summit, panelists discussed common misconceptions surrounding HIPAA, interoperability, and information blocking.
ONC Celebrates 18 Years of Advancing Health IT
On the 18th anniversary of the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), Deputy National Coordinator Steven Posnack released a statement reflecting on the agency’s past achievements that advanced health IT.
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