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.

Greater Collaboration Needed for Digital Health, Interoperability

While ONC has made significant progress toward achieving national health interoperability, continued interagency collaboration and public-private partnerships are needed to fully enable digital health.

Medicare Needs Increased Interoperability for MA Data Exchange

With MA plans covering an increasing share of Medicare beneficiaries, traditional Medicare needs to build a better data exchange framework for interoperability, according to this recent EHR Intelligence article.

FAST Becomes an HL7 FHIR Accelerator, Enhancing FHIR Scalability

The HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) at Scale Taskforce (FAST) initiative will continue its scalability work as an official HL7 FHIR Accelerator, according to a recent ONC blog post.

California Will Require Health Facilities to Start Sharing Patient Data with Each Other

In California, hospitals, public health agencies and other providers have no systematic way to share patient data among themselves, limiting their ability to monitor trends and work efficiently – and they are trying to change this.

How Healthcare Interoperability Supports Organ Donations, Transplants

Advancements in interoperability have the potential to accelerate the process for connecting organ donors and recipients, reducing time and enabling efficiency.

FQHCs Look to EHR Vendors to Stay Independent from Hospital Affiliation

The majority of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) want an EHR vendor that can help them stay independent of hospital affiliation as they shift to value-based care models, according to a recent study.

How The Cures Act Information Blocking Rule Could Impact Research

Health Affairs offers this deep-dive perspective on how the Information Blocking rule could impact research.

EHR Vendor athenahealth Launches Voice-Driven Tech to Cut Clinician Burnout

EHR vendor athenahealth has announced the release of athenaOne Voice Assistant Powered by Nuance, a voice-driven application that aims to alleviate clinician burnout and enhance the patient experience. 

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