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.

VA CIO Hopeful Revised Oracle Cerner Contract Will Mend EHR Project

A top Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official is “cautiously optimistic” that its renegotiated contract terms with health IT vendor Oracle Cerner will improve the agency’s troubled EHR modernization. 

ONC Awards The Sequoia Project Contract to Continue TEFCA RCE Role

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has awarded The Sequoia Project a five-year contract to continue serving as the recognized coordinating entity (RCE) for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).

Manifest MedEx to Apply for QHIO Designation in the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework

Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit health information organization (HIO), announced that it intends to apply for designation as a Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) in the California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) Data Exchange Framework (DxF).

HCA Healthcare Collaborates with Google Cloud to Bring Generative AI to Hospitals

HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, and Google Cloud recently announced a new collaboration designed to use generative AI technology to improve workflows on time-consuming tasks, such as clinical documentation, so physicians and nurses can focus more on patient care.

Software Overload Could Boost Digital Health M&A

Buyers of digital health products are overwhelmed with point solutions, which could accelerate merger and acquisition activity in a slowed funding environment, according to this recent HealthcareHealthcare Dive Dive article.

Healthcare Staff Report Improved Mental Health Upon Using an AI App

A trial of the artificial intelligence (AI) mental health app with staff at two UK care organizations found that it improved their mental well being.

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