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.

ONC Releases Draft USCDI+ Quality Data Element List for Comment

The ONC recently published the draft USCDI+ Quality data element list for public comment. Through USCDI+ Quality, ONC seeks to extend the USCDI standard to establish harmonized data elements for various CMS and other quality measurement use cases.

CalHHS Announces $47M in Grants for Data Exchange Framework

The California Health & Human Services Agency (CalHHS) has launched a $47 million grant program to support health and social service organizations in implementing the state Data Exchange Framework (DxF). 

FHIR Accelerator Announces Digitized Clinical Research Protocol Project

HL7 FHIR Accelerator Vulcan and standards development organization CDISC have announced a project to deliver an electronic exchange standard for the ICH M11 Clinical electronic Structured Harmonised Protocol (CeSHarP) to advance clinical research.

Experts Release New Framework to Evaluate Digital Health Products

A group of healthcare researchers and health system leaders recently proposed a new framework to provide hospitals, payers and trade organizations with the steps they can use to determine whether or not a digital health product is suitable for adoption.

Defragmenting Digital Health to Improve Productivity

In this HIMSS TV interview, telemedicine and digital health expert Dr. Laura Purdy shares how interoperability in virtual care and digital health technologies can improve care delivery for patients and providers, and decrease disparities in health equity.

Google, Mayo Clinic Launch Generative Artificial Intelligence Collab

Mayo Clinic and Google Cloud today launched a new collaboration to transform healthcare with generative AI by enhancing clinical workflows, assisting researchers and clinicians in searching for information, and improving patient outcomes.

As AI Advances In Healthcare, Industry Players Wrestle With Its Risks

As AI tools show promise in transforming healthcare, technology companies, healthcare providers, drugmakers and other players are also focused on its potentially damaging side effects.

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