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How DirectTrust is Enhancing Health Data Interoperability, Usability

February 14, 2024 - Over 300,000 healthcare organizations have access to Direct, making it the most ubiquitous interoperability data standard, according to Scott Stuewe, president and CEO of DirectTrust, the non-profit healthcare industry alliance that created the Direct standard. Direct, also known as direct secure messaging, is a secure communication transport system that connects health IT systems...

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DirectTrust Releases New Health IT Accreditation Criteria for Review

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has posted new versions of program...

DirectTrust Releases Draft Criteria for RA Health IT Accreditation Programs

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DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has announced a 60-day public comment and...

DirectTrust to Enhance Data Exchange Directory Through AWS Initiative

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has been selected as part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Health Equity Initiative to enhance the DirectTrust Directory for health data exchange. DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare...

DirectTrust Reports Over 72M Monthly Direct Secure Messages in 2022

by Sarai Rodriguez

Healthcare industry alliance DirectTrust facilitated an average of over 72 million direct secure messages monthly during Q4 2022, marking a continued growth trend in the past year. DirectTrust enables...

DirectTrust Releases TNAP Version 2.0 Criteria for TEFCA Participants

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has released the TNAP version 2.0 criteria for...

DirectTrust and Health Data Standards Org EHNAC Announce Completion of Merger

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust and health data standards organization Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) have announced the completion of their previously announced merger, effective January...

DirectTrust, EHNAC Merge to Advance Health Data Exchange Accreditation

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) have announced a merger agreement to advance accreditation programs for health data exchange. DirectTrust is a...

DirectTrust Announces Q3 Dip in Care Orgs Exchanging Direct Secure Messages

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust facilitated more than 208 million direct secure messages during the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 9 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the number of healthcare...

DirectTrust Supports 260 Million Direct Secure Messages in Q2 2022

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust saw a 14 percent increase in healthcare organizations leveraging direct secure messages In the second quarter of 2022 compared with the same period last year. The non-profit healthcare...

DirectTrust Gains ANSI Approval for ADT Event Notifications Data Standard

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust announced that the Event Notifications via the Direct Standard has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a national data standard. DirectTrust developed...

DirectTrust Facilitates Over 191M Direct Secure Messages in Q1 2022

by Sarai Rodriguez

DirectTrust supported more than 191 million direct secure messages during the first quarter of 2022, representing an 11 percent increase over the same quarter in 2021. The nonprofit healthcare...

DirectTrust Launches Consensus Body, Patient Matching Data Standard

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has launched an initiative to develop a new data standard to support a voluntary nationwide patient matching ecosystem. The Privacy-Enhancing Health Record Locator Service (PEHRLS)...

Cloud-Based Health IT Vendor Joins DirectTrust Interoperability Network

by Hannah Nelson

Healthcare industry alliance DirectTrust has added cloud-based health IT vendor etherFAX to its interoperability network. etherFAX supports data sharing from various applications and endpoint...

DirectTrust Conference to Improve HIE Interoperability Practices

by Sarai Rodriguez

Civitas Networks for Health and DirectTrust announced a joint conference, The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, to share ideas with...

DirectTrust Announces 31% Increase in 2021 Direct Secure Messages

by Hannah Nelson

Healthcare industry alliance DirectTrust supported more than 945 million direct secure messages during 2021, representing a 31 percent increase over the total number of transactions in 2020. Since...

Health Data Exchange Alliance DirectTrust Calls for Director Nominees

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has announced a call for nominations for new directors to help guide the non-profit industry alliance’s health data exchange efforts. “We are seeking experienced thought...

DirectTrust Names Health IT Stakeholders Leading Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has announced its third quarter selection of individuals, teams, and organizations as Interoperability Heroes in recognition of their commitment to advancing health IT. “We're...

DirectTrust Launches Consensus Body for SDOH Data Exchange Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has announced the launch of the Information Exchange for Human Services (IX4HS) Consensus Body to support social determinants of health (SDOH) data exchange interoperability. The consensus...

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