HIT News Round Up: Bill to Amend VA EHR Modernization Program; eHealth Exchange Applies for QHIN Designation; and a New SDOH Dashboard
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.
House Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Amend VA EHR Modernization Program
Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chair, recently introduced legislation to significantly amend or scrap the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization program completely.
eHealth Exchange Among the First to Submit Application for Designation as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN)
eHealth Exchange announced that it has applied for designation as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
HealtheLINK HIE Reports Uptick in Health Data Exchange in 2022
HEALTHeLINK, the health information exchange (HIE) for Western New York, worked on a total of 83 different projects focused on improving health data exchange in 2022 alone, according to new report from the HIE.
Community Health Information Exchange Reduces ED Visits, Re-Hospitalization
Primary care physicians who used a community health information exchange significantly improved their patients’ transition from hospitalization to outpatient care, according to findings published in Annals of Family Medicine.
NYU Develops Health Metrics Dashboard for All 435 U.S. Congressional Districts
A new dashboard developed by NYU incorporates 36 key measures of health, including social determinants, and aims to help policymakers and providers better understand sources of health disparities.
With Nurses Striking, Can Digital Health Nursing Solutions Help Hospitals?
Digital health may be able to only solve a subset of the problems that have led to nursing strikes across the country, according to this recent Modern Healthcare article.
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