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.  

HHS Releases HTI-2 Proposed Rule for Interoperability

Through ONC, HHS has released the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule for public comment.

Why FHIR Offers a Gateway to Healthcare Transformation

The healthcare sector is experiencing a remarkable transformation, driven by an explosion in data generation, and FHIR has emerged as a pivotal framework for exchanging health data within the cloud that has been largely untapped, according to this Health Data Management article.

How Regulatory Delays for Digital Health Tools Improve Patient Safety

There a critical balance between accelerating healthcare's use of technology with putting regulations in place to protect patients, according to this recent MobiHealth News interview.

CRISP Shared Services Announced as Implementation Center Awardee Under $255M National Public Health Data Modernization Program

Last week, CRISP Shared Services (CSS), a nonprofit providing localized health infrastructure and data exchange technology across the nation, announced its selection as an Implementation Center awardee under the newly launched $255 million National Implementation Center Program.

How AI Transcription, Integrated with Telehealth Tools, Can Boost Care Quality

Artificial intelligence has the ability to help analyze and summarize key virtual care consultation points, detect patterns in patient data to deliver more personalized care, and much more, as highlighted in this recent Healthcare IT News interview.

ONC’s TEFCA Updates Encourage Seamless Data Exchange

The new interoperability policy encourages more innovation from technology providers in the healthcare ecosystem. Participants can now join TEFCA with multiple QHINs, which gives patients more options and allows flexibility when exchanging their data.

Digital Health Funding Shows Improvement in 2024

Digital health funding is showing signs of improvement after years of slowed investment, according to a report by consultancy and venture capital firm Rock Health. 

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