HIT News Round Up: Epic and Carequality Major Shift in Interoperability; CommonWell Launches TEFCA Platform; and Top Five AI Challenges for 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.
Recent Moves by Epic, Carequality Mark a Major Shift in Interoperability, Health IT Experts Say
Recent moves go Epic and Carequality to align with a federal government-backed medical records exchange network signal a "tectonic shift" in the interoperability landscape and the rising influence of the federal government's nascent network, according to this recent Fierce Healthcare article.
CommonWell Health Alliance Launches New TEFCA-Enabled Platform
Last week, CommonWell Health Alliance announced new platform enhancements following the successful launch of its new platform, which mark significant advancements in CommonWell’s commitment to improving and increasing healthcare data sharing nationwide.
Team-Based EHR Documentation Cuts Physician EHR Time
Physicians who adopted team-based documentation experienced increased visit volume and reduced EHR documentation time, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
How Ambient AI Can Improve the Patient-Provider Relationship
Ambient AI technology is helping Ochsner Health improve patient-provider relationships by allowing clinicians to spend consultation time looking at their patients rather than a computer screen, as highlighted in this recent Tech Target article.
ATA Urges CMS to Boost Telehealth, and Get Guidance Issued ASAP
The American Telemedicine Association and ATA Action, in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, seeks to preserve pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities that it says are responsible for improving access to healthcare across the U.S.
Why Pfizer Is Dipping Into DTC Telehealth With PfizerForAll
Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer is starting to serve consumers directly through its new telehealth platform called PfizerForAll, the company announced last week. Pfizer declared that the platform is needed as consumers battle a confusing healthcare system, as highlighted in this recent MedCity News article.
5 Challenges of AI in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) integration in healthcare has begun, unlocking many use cases for healthcare providers and patients, but there are challenges to consider, according to this recent Unite.AI article.
To learn more about how RosettaHealth can assist with any health information challenges you might have, book a free consultation with one of our interoperability experts.