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Lawmakers Introduce MATCH IT Act for Patient Matching, Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

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...

What Role Does the EHR Play in Clinical Informatics?

by Hannah Nelson

Healthcare data are the “driving force” of clinical informatics, according to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). With EHR systems serving as central repositories for healthcare data across the care continuum,...

HIA Calls ONC to Reconsider Health IT Requirements of Proposed Rule

by Hannah Nelson

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...

VA to Use Legacy VistA EHR for Up to 10 Years Amid Paused Oracle Cerner EHRM

by Sarai Rodriguez

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

by Hannah Nelson

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...

ONC Outlines Health IT Certification Tips for 2015 Edition Cures Update

by Hannah Nelson

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

by Sarai Rodriguez

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

by Hannah Nelson

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...

12 WVU Medicines Hospitals Achieved HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7

by Sarai Rodriguez

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

by Sarai Rodriguez

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

by Sarai Rodriguez

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

by Hannah Nelson

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...

How ONC Ensures Certified Health IT Conformance Post Lab-Testing

by Hannah Nelson

ONC aims to help ensure certified health IT remains compliant with program requirements after certification testing through a conformance review process. When end-users report suspected issues with...