HIT News Round Up: Health Data Interoperability and Digital Progress; Fax Machines Still Common; and the Limitations of Telehealth
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.
Health Agencies Advance Interoperability of Cancer Data
Health policy officials are targeting new elements for U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standards to help researchers and developers speak the same language for technology around cancer care and treatment.
How Interoperability Helps Healthcare Organizations Accelerate Digital Progress
In this recent Healthcare IT News article, Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, explains that interoperability is fundamental to enabling data-informed patient care decisions and is required for the use of AI and advanced analytics tools.
Time Warp: Fax Machines Still Common in Oncology Practice. Why?
Fax machines are still commonplace across the healthcare spectrum. Inertia, cost, and more pressing priorities for hospitals and medical institutions contribute to the technology sticking around, according to this recent MedCity News article.
Advancing Interoperability and Standards in Digital Health
Later this week, the World Health Organization is hosting a webinar dedicated to exploring essential tools and frameworks for enhancing national digital health system with FHIR being a key part of this effort.
Examining the Limitations of the Current Telehealth Market
In this new mHealth Intelligence podcast interview, healthcare economist Dr. Sanjula Jain tracks the trajectory of telehealth through the pandemic, detailing the current parameters of the market.
Digital Health Q1 Funding Coasting at $1B as Telehealth and Digital Therapeutics Lose Ground
In its assessment of first-quarter venture capital deals in digital health, PitchBook counted $1.1 billion in 77 total deals, a 6% quarter-over-quarter growth in the number of deals reached and a 27% decline in deal count growth.
What Digital Health Can Learn from Big Pharma
Digital health companies could be better off emulating the methodical approach of the pharmaceutical industry, according to this recent Forbes Op-Ed, which also points to how we need to move away from the “fail fast” model of digital health development.
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