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.

The Sequoia Project Publishes QHIN Fee Schedule and More Draft SOPs

Last week, The Sequoia Project published additional standard operating procedures for participation in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common agreement. It also released the fee schedule for Qualified Health Information Networks.

EHR Vendor Epic Announces Plan to Join TEFCA Interoperability Network

EHR vendor Epic has announced its plan to join The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a new health information exchange framework that is set to improve health data interoperability nationwide.

New England HIE Collaboration Enables Regional Interoperability

HealthInfoNet, the statewide health information exchange (HIE) in Maine, joined an HIE collaboration with The Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) and VITL (Vermont), which is set to boost regional interoperability across each of the New England communities they serve.

How Public Health Data Reporting Automation Supports Patient-Centered Care

Fresenius Medical Care automated COVID-19 public health data reporting to drive patient-centered care and mitigate clinician burden, saving each clinic 8 hours per week.

How FHIR APIs Can Support Genomic Data Sharing for Research, Patient Care

Phase four of ONC’s Sync for Genes program revealed that Health Level Seven International (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) application programming interfaces (APIs) can support genomic data sharing for clinical and research use cases. 

Closing the Gap in California’s Health Data Exchange

The State of California is implementing major initiatives like CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal) that require robust cross-sector data sharing to integrate the state’s siloed medical care, behavioral health, and social services systems.

Paper-Based Dental Data Sharing Hampers Patient Safety, Outcomes

While data sharing between physicians and dentists is critical for patient safety, it typically takes a week or more for dentists to receive EHR data for a patient, according to a new study.

Trust in Health IT Leadership Key to Provider EHR Experience

Trust in organizational health IT leadership has a significant impact on providers’ overall EHR experience, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative report.

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