HIT News Round Up: Health Data Sharing Impact on Patients; ONC Releases TEFCA 2.0; and the Need to Regulate AI
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 Common Agreement Version 2.0 for TEFCA
ONC and its Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), The Sequoia Project, have released the TEFCA Common Agreement Version 2.0 (CA v2.0), which includes new requirements for FHIR API exchange.
Accreditation Agencies Take on Telehealth with New Virtual Care Standards
The Joint Commission has launched a new Telehealth Accreditation Program that provides updated, streamlined standards to provide organizations offering telehealth services with the structures and processes necessary to help deliver safe, high-quality care using a telehealth platform.
How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients
Dr. Guillermo Diaz, Chief Medical Information Officer at Los Angeles Department of Health Services – Ambulatory Care Network (LANES), and Ali Modaressi, CEO of LANES, authored this recent guest article in Healthcare IT Today about the impact of health data exchange on care.
A Health Tech Leader’s Plea: Regulate AI
Mass General Brigham’s chief officer for data science and imaging information, Dr. Keith Dreyer, recently met with congressional staffers and asked them to encourage their bosses to play a larger role in governing artificial intelligence.
UnitedHealth Group Shutting Down Optum Virtual Care Telehealth Business
UnitedHealth Group is shutting down its Optum Virtual Care telehealth business. Optum Virtual Care offered round-the-clock care via virtual visits with board-certified physicians and nationally certified nurse practitioners, and was available in all 50 states.
Can Hospitals Create Better Digital Health Startups?
Nine health systems are backing startup incubation studio Aegis Ventures, which has a model to co-develop, invest in and deploy tech solutions that address health care’s most pressing quality, equity and cost problems.
World's Best Digital Health Companies 2024
Newsweek has published its definitive list of the world’s best digital health companies for 2024.
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