HIT News Round Up: Bills to Revamp VA EHRM Management; HL7 FHIR APIs Driving Interoperability; and 35 Chief Digital Officers to Know
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.
Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Revamp VA EHRM Management
Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs have introduced two bills that aim to revamp how the VA approaches the management of IT, including the EHR modernization project.
How HL7 FHIR APIs Are Driving Healthcare Innovation, Interoperability
FHIR is on fire, with the application programming interfaces (APIs) emerging as essential for healthcare innovation, according to Titus Schleyer, PhD, DMD, Regenstrief Institute research scientist.
OH HIE Partnership Focuses on Interoperability, Care Coordination
The Health Collaborative (THC) has announced a new collaboration with the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), also known as CliniSync, aimed at promoting interoperability and care coordination across the state
KLAS Names Epic, NextGen Top EHR Vendors for Interoperability
Among enterprise EHR vendors, advanced users of Epic reported the most health information exchange (HIE) connections, according to a KLAS report on interoperability.
Interoperability is About More than Compliance
Many health organizations are working to get patient information flowing more seamlessly, but data overload can frustrate clinicians. However, parsing data for better usability could be the solution, according to Healthcare IT News.
Restoring Trust In Our Nation’s Public Health System
Threats to our global health security such as COVID-19 created increased awareness of the local, state, and federal government’s responsibility to protect the public’s health during emergencies. However, more needs to be done to restore trust in our nation’s health system, according to this recent Health A.
35 Hospital and Health System Chief Digital Officers to Know in 2023
Here’s the list of the 35 hospital and health system chief digital officers to know in 2023, according to Becker’s.
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