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Lawmakers Introduce MATCH IT Act for Patient Matching, Interoperability
United States Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) have introduced new legislation aimed at improving patient matching and promoting interoperability. The Patient Matching and Transparency...HIA Calls ONC to Reconsider Health IT Requirements of Proposed Rule
The Health Innovation Alliance (HIA) has submitted comments on the ONC proposed rule, Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1), which aims to implement provisions of the 21st Century Cures...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions
Overcoming Interoperability Challenges with Digital Fax and FHIR
Despite high rates of EHR adoption, challenges remain in the way of achieving meaningful and effective healthcare interoperability. While federal agencies continue to work on developing standards for...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions
Enabling Healthcare Interoperability with Fax to FHIR Solution
Part of operationalizing TEFCA, as a section of the 21st Century Cures Act, includes the adoption of Fast Interoperability Healthcare Resources (FHIR) by qualified health information networks (QHINs)...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions
Why a Data Exchange Platform Is Vital to Healthcare Interoperability
Today’s healthcare system touts high levels of EHR adoption among hospitals and physician practices thanks to billions of dollars in incentives made available by the Centers for Medicare &...VA to Use Legacy VistA EHR for Up to 10 Years Amid Paused Oracle Cerner EHRM
The Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program has been underway for years. However, the majority of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are still relying on the...ONC Outlines Health IT Interoperability Progress in Report to Congress
A new ONC report to Congress outlines the significant impact of the 21st Century Cures Act on health IT interoperability. As of 2021, nearly all non-federal acute care hospitals (96 percent) and 4 in...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions
Key Piece to Today’s Interoperability Puzzle: Cloud Fax
More than three-quarters of medical communication takes place via faxing. While paper-based fax has drawn the ire of federal officials working to promote interoperability, faxing capabilities have...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions
3 Key Pieces to the Interoperability Puzzle: #1 Query Based Exchange
Health data exchange is essential to meaningful patient care. Providers must be able to leverage accurate and timely health information at the point of care to achieve improvements to the patient...ONC Outlines Health IT Certification Tips for 2015 Edition Cures Update
The 2015 Edition Cures Update made several changes to the ONC Health IT Certification Program, including new functionalities and requirements establishing the Conditions and Maintenance of...NextGen Healthcare Achieves 2015 ONC Health IT Update Certification
NextGen Healthcare announced that its small practice EHR solution recently received the stamp of approval from the 2015 ONC Health IT Update Certification via Drummond Group LLC, an Authorized...Drummond Group Releases Pediatrics Health IT Certification Program
Drummond Group LLC, the leading certifying body for ONC's Health IT Certification Program, has announced its new Pediatrics Health IT Certification Program to support ONC's recommendations for...Sponsored by Oracle Cerner
Advancing Interoperability to Support Informed Healthcare
The continued adoption of health information technology — namely EHR systems — has laid a foundation for more robust care coordination. However, the reality is many providers still lack the...12 WVU Medicines Hospitals Achieved HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7
Twelve WVU Medicine hospitals and over 500 clinics were recently recognized with HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model...Health Data Exchange Barriers Impede Widespread Interoperability
Widespread interoperability among office-based physicians is lacking due to a number of health data exchange barriers, according to a recent ONC Data Brief. The report used 2019 CDC National...ONC Announces Approved Health IT Data Standards for SVAP
ONC has released the newest approved health IT data standards for the annual Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), a recent HealthITBuzz blog post announced. The ONC Cures...Tripathi: 2022 Pivotal for Digital Health Transformation, Health IT
2022 is a pivotal year in the digital health transformation, according to Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health IT. At the virtual ONC annual meeting on April 13, Tripathi noted that over...Sponsored by Dell Technologies