HIT News Round Up: TEFCA Hospital Participation; AMA, HL7 Partner on FHIR CPT Integration; and AI Eating Healthcare

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.

51 Percent of Hospitals Plan to Participate in TEFCA HIE Framework

More than half of hospitals are aware of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and plan to participate in the HIE framework, according to ONC analysis of AHA survey data.

HIE Boosts Care Coordination, Home Discharge Among Older Adults

Health information exchange (HIE) may mitigate information discontinuity present in fragmented readmissions, according to a new cohort study.

AMA, HL7 Partner on FHIR CPT Integration to Drive Interoperability

Health IT developers using Health Level Seven International (HL7) interoperability standards and guides will have increased access to American Medical Association (AMA) medical codes and descriptors through a new partnership.

HHS’ Big Data-Sharing Decision

HHS has a big decision to make about who will manage a key patient health data-sharing initiative, and is keeping an open mind about what kind of vendor it hires, according to this recent Politico article.

Priming for the Future Of Health Data Interoperability with FHIR

There are a variety of potential use cases for the FHIR data standard, but organizations need to begin work now to facilitate expected data exchange, according to this recent Health Data Management article.

This Children’s Hospital is Integrating AI with Healthcare

As Boston Children's Hospital hires a prompt engineer and other AI workers, Mashable explores what all this means for the future of medicine and healthcare in general. 

PODCAST: Is AI Eating Healthcare?

The latest Healthcare IT Podcast explores the ever-growing presence of AI in healthcare, as well as the different ethical and equity considerations that could be involved with AI.

South Carolina Launches Program to Advance AI Healthcare

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $20 million grant to a collaborative of South Carolina research institutions to improve the use of AI in healthcare diagnostics and treatment.


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