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.

TEFCA Advocates Urge Patience and Preparedness as Interoperability Plan Moves Forward

When it comes to TEFCA, advocates say the path to nationwide healthcare interoperability needs to be carefully planned, so that health systems have time to adopt the framework and fit it into their organization.

Task Force Provides Recommendations for Statewide Health Community Information Exchange Strategy in Michigan

A task force in Michigan recently released a report that features recommendations for a statewide community information exchange (CIE) with a focus on “creating the infrastructure so that the right information is with the right individual at the right time.”

Scaling Interoperability Utilizing Consistent Standards

Cochairs of FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST), Deepak Sadagopan and Duncan Weatherston, outline how FAST helps roll out FHIR nationally to ensure interoperability of security, privacy and identity by various healthcare stakeholders, in this MobiHealth News video interview.

White House Wants to Develop and Deploy Advanced AI for Healthcare

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently held a roundtable discussion that highlighted the Biden Administration’s priorities to “develop and deploy” advanced AI tools that benefit the health and wellbeing of all Americans.

FDA Forms New Committee to Advise on Health Tech

The Food and Drug Administration recently announced the creation of a new Digital Health Advisory Committee, intended to help support the development of digital health technologies and their regulation.

HITRUST Launches New AI Assurance Initiative for Healthcare

Last week, HITRUST announced the launch of its new HITRUST AI Assurance Program, designed to help healthcare organizations develop strategies for secure and sustainable use of artificial intelligence models.

Defense Health Agency Paving Way for Digital-First Health Care Delivery

In its mission to create a more patient-centered health care delivery system, the Defense Health Agency is implementing new digital health information technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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