HIT News Round Up: Carequality to Align with TEFCA; Vendors React to HHS Health IT Rules; and Mixed Feeling About AI and 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.
Carequality to Align Interoperability Strategy with TEFCA
Carequality recently announced that it will "thoughtfully align" with the federal-led Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA, according to this recent Healthcare IT News article.
Epic Aims to Bring All Clients Live on TEFCA by 2025
Along the lines of the news above, Epic plans to bring customers live on TEFCA by the end of 2025 complements Carequality's plan to align with TEFCA as the industry sets its sights on national healthcare interoperability, as highlighted by EHR Intelligence.
Vendors React to HHS' New Proposed Rule on Health IT Procurement
The vendor community has responded to the HHS new proposed rule on health IT procurement, and the overall sentiment is pretty positive, according to this recent Healthcare IT News article.
Interoperability in Healthcare: How APIs are Bridging the Gap
Interoperability in modern healthcare environments now relies on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), protocols, standards, and tools that allow disparate software applications to communicate, according to this recent Information Security Buzz article.
Targeting Telehealth as a Chronic Care Management Tool
Three healthcare organizations exploring the use of telehealth in care management are getting grants from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), as highlighted in this recent Health Leaders article.
Four Information Governance Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Care organizations often neglect information governance in favor of more revenue-generating initiatives, which leads to challenges with information growth and fragmented systems. Here are four ways to overcome these challenges, according to TechTarget.
Americans Have Mixed Feelings About AI in Healthcare, Poll Finds
Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve healthcare, according to a new national survey. However, many are still a little queasy over some of the implications of widespread AI use, the poll found.
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