ONC Releases Proposed Rule to Further Cures Act Interoperability Goals
ONC has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for public comment on proposals to implement certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and make several enhancements to the ONC Health IT...ONC: 42% of Hospitals Reported Perceived Information Blocking in 2021
Over 40 percent of hospitals observed practices they perceived to constitute information blocking in 2021, according to an ONC survey of 2,092 nonfederal acute care hospitals. Researchers fielded the...Civitas Releases Framework for Health Data Utility (HDU) Adoption
Civitas Networks for Health, an organization that aims to support interoperability through widespread collaboration, has released a Health Data Utility (HDU) Framework developed in partnership with the...ADA to Conduct National Survey on EDR, EHR Interoperability
The American Dental Association (ADA) is conducting a nationwide survey of dental offices to understand the use of EHR and electronic dental records (EDR) systems and associated interoperability...Measuring User Adoption, KPIs Key for EHR Integration Across M&As
Healthcare organizations are no longer shopping for their first EHRs; but in an industry characterized by healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&As), the question of EHR integration across previously disparate organizations looms...Contexture HIE Upgrades to Unified Platform for Improved EHR Interoperability
Contexture, the largest health information organization in the western US, has announced plans to transition to a unified health information exchange (HIE) platform to enhance EHR interoperability for...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 &...EHR Vendor NextGen Launches Cloud-Based Healthcare Interoperability Tool
EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare has announced the launch of Mirth Cloud Connect, a cloud-based solution that aims to streamline healthcare interoperability. The tool integrates patient data flow from...Oklahoma Moves Forward With Statewide Health Information Exchange Rules
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) Board of Directors voted to approve administrative rules to implement a bill that requires healthcare providers to connect to a statewide health information...KLAS Names Epic, NextGen Top EHR Vendors for Interoperability
Among enterprise EHR vendors, advanced users of Epic reported the most health information exchange (HIE) connections, according to a KLAS report on interoperability. KLAS spoke with...OH HIE Partnership Focuses on Interoperability, Care Coordination
The Health Collaborative (THC) has announced a new collaboration with the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), also known as CliniSync, aimed at promoting interoperability and care...Sponsored by Surescripts
Advancing Technology and Interoperability to Strengthen Care Teams
Healthcare interoperability is one of those terms that can mean many things to many people. But for doctors and pharmacists, it means only one thing: the ability for information to flow efficiently...Surescripts Unveils Latest Health Data Exchange, Interoperability Gains
The Surescripts 2022 National Progress Report highlights significant gains in advancing interoperability, something the organization said is key amidst ongoing challenges such as provider burnout,...CodeX Grows Steering Committee To Advance HL7 FHIR Interoperability
The HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Accelerator CodeX has announced an expanded steering committee and new additions to its leadership team. CodeX aims to advance the adoption of...MLH Enhances Medication Safety with Epic-Integrated IV Pumps
Mary Lanning Healthcare (MLH) has teamed up with Epic Systems to enhance medication safety by integrating its Epic EHR with IV pumps. The collaboration aims to eliminate the need for manual...DirectTrust to Enhance Data Exchange Directory Through AWS Initiative
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...Regenstrief Releases LOINC Updates to Support Health Data Exchange
Regenstrief Institute has issued its semi-annual release of LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes), which contains 608 new concepts to support health data exchange across the care...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