Data Quality

The Sequoia Project, AHIMA Aims to Enhance Data Usability Efforts

July 11, 2023 - In an effort to build better semantic interoperability of health information, the Sequoia Project and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) have created Data Usability Taking Root, an initiative meant to ease the implementation and flow of data. Despite the high availability of data, its use and application often contain...


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EHR Data Quality Guidelines Needed to Drive Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Guidelines are needed for EHR data quality assessment (DQA) to improve the efficiency, transparency, comparability, and interoperability of data quality assessment, according to a study published in...

How An HIE Approaches Continuous Patient Data Quality Improvement

by Hannah Nelson

The cornerstone of a health information exchange (HIE) is continuous patient data quality improvement, according to Pam Matthews, chief executive officer and executive director of East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN). "While...

NCPDP Awards $100K in Grant Funding for EHR Data Quality Research

by Sarai Rodriguez

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), a CMS Designated Standards Maintenance Organization, is offering a research grant of more than $100,000 to the University of...

Interoperability, Data Quality Leads the Way as Top Exec Priorities

by Sarai Rodriguez

While the healthcare industry is turning its attention to interoperability, a new survey found that barriers such as poor data quality and information sharing remain challenging to over 60 percent of...

Yale Rheumatology Joins Qualified Clinical Data Registry

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at Yale School of Medicine announced it would join the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE), a qualified...

ONC 2015 Edition Health IT Adoption Reduced Duplicate Orders

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria which in turn reduced the likelihood of duplicate orders among hospitals that...

Variation in LOINC Code Adoption Impedes Lab Data Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Variation in the adoption of Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) codes has hampered laboratory data interoperability, according to a study published in JAMIA. The objective of the...

CMS Needs Better Medicaid Data Quality to Support Health Equity

by Hannah Nelson

Poor data quality is limiting the ability of CMS to measure health equity in the Medicaid program, according to a HealthAffairs article. CMS has made efforts to improve Medicaid administrative data...

How Longitudinal EHR Smoking Data Could Boost Lung Cancer Screening

by Hannah Nelson

The use of longitudinal EHR smoking data could improve lung cancer screening, according to a study published in JAMIA. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) requires the estimation of...

VA Improving EHRM Data Standardization for Clinician Needs

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has completed most of the data standardization needed for its EHR Modernization (EHRM) effort, according to reporting from FedScoop. The Government...

Poor Data Quality, Limited Interoperability Hamper Financial Outcomes

by Hannah Nelson

Poor data quality and limited interoperability can have devastating effects on healthcare organizations’ financial outcomes, according to new Sage Growth Partners research commissioned by...

How EHR Data Standards Support SDOH Data Quality, Health Equity

by Hannah Nelson

Social determinant of health (SDOH) data quality issues signal the need for standardized SDOH EHR documentation practices to avoid bias and promote health equity, according to a study published in...

ONC Defines EHR Certification For SDOH Data To Pursue Health Equity

by Hannah Nelson

ONC announced its health IT demographic EHR certification requirements to standardize race and ethnicity data collection in the pursuit of health equity. ONC outlined that the agency’s...

Developing an Automated De-Identified Data EHR Tool

by Christopher Jason

Researchers leveraged an ensemble learning approach to develop and integrate an automated EHR tool that produces de-identified data by flagging personally identifiable information in clinical notes and...

VA Seeks Vendor Feedback on Data-Driven EHR Integrations

by Christopher Jason

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has requested information regarding data-driven EHR integrations, such as clinical decision support (CDS), precision medicine, artificial intelligence (AI),...

Integrated EHR Algorithm May Flag Chronic Kidney Disease

by Christopher Jason

An automated and integrated EHR algorithm could diagnose chronic kidney disease before it could cause irreversible damage, according to research published in NPJ Digital Medicine. Columbia University...

EHR Vendor Cerner Eyes Developing a $1 Billion Data Business

by Christopher Jason

For the last 18 months, Cerner has focused on developing a category-defining data business and as the company continues to attack that sector, the EHR vendor executives said they are striving towards...

NQF Issues Guidelines for High EHR Data Quality, Quality Measures

by Christopher Jason

Improved EHR data quality can be utilized to support automated clinical quality measurement, according to The National Quality Forum (NQF).   NQF identified challenges that impact the healthcare...