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.

HHS Releases Proposed Rule for Information Blocking Disincentives

HHS has released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to have committed information blocking.

Information Blocking Could Affect Provider Payment, MIPS and MSSP Participation

The proposed HHS rule around information blocking could have a negative impact on Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) clinicians or groups, as well as Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs, as highlighted in this recent Healthcare Finance article.

HealthShare Exchange to Expand Secure Medical Records Sharing, Freeing 'Trapped' Social Needs Data

HSX and three other health information exchanges landed an $18 million state grant to create PA Navigate, a health equity initiative aimed at sharing data tied to social determinants of health. 

Achieving Clinical AI Fairness Requires Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Research from Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School asserted that the pursuit of fair artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in healthcare will require significant collaboration among experts across industries and disciplines.

Patient Preferences for Accessing Medical Data Are Shifting, Says ONC

Individuals increased their use of apps to access their online medical records between 2020 and 2022, while web-only access to portals decreased, according to an analysis of a national survey data by the ONC.

Telehealth Helps Address Many Key Chronic Care Management Challenges

Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring are essential tools to help manage patients with chronic disease, fewer providers to take care of them, an aging population and SDOH barriers, according to this Healthcare IT News article.

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