Data Standards

Privacy and Security Concerns Remain a Barrier to API Adoption

by Sarai Rodriguez

Providers want the enhanced EHR functionality that APIs provide, but concerns surrounding data privacy and security stand as barriers to API adoption, according to the newest “Accelerating...

HL7 Launches GenomeX Community to Enhance Genomic Data Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Health Level Seven International (HL7) and the HL7 FHIR Accelerator CodeX have announced GenomeX, a new foundational domain dedicated to advancing genomic data interoperability. Leveraging a...

ONC Mulls Health Information Exchange Data for Patient-Centered Research

by Sarai Rodriguez

ONC has announced a new project to leverage health information exchange (HIE) data to support COVID-19 focused patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) by implementing new data standards and...

All of Us Research Program Issues RFI for EHR Data Collection from HIEs

by Hannah Nelson

The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to seek guidance on how best to integrate EHR data from health information networks...

EHNAC Releases New Criteria for Health IT Accreditation Programs

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit health IT data standards development organization, has released the finalized criteria for its three accreditation...

ONC Releases United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3

by Hannah Nelson

ONC has released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3 (USCDI v3), which expands upon USCDI v2 by adding new data classes and elements. ONC received more than 800 public comments...

Improved SDOH Data Collection, Interoperability Needed for Health Equity

by Hannah Nelson

The industry must improve health data collection and interoperability to support health equity, according to expert panelists at an ONC Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) hearing...

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...

FAST Becomes an HL7 FHIR Accelerator, Enhancing FHIR Scalability

by Sarai Rodriguez

The HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) at Scale Taskforce (FAST) initiative will continue its scalability work as an official HL7 FHIR Accelerator, a recent HealthITBuzz blog post...

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...

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...

AMIA and HL7 Announce Healthcare Interoperability Partnership

by Hannah Nelson

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and Health Level Seven International (HL7) announced a two-year partnership that aims to enhance interoperability across the healthcare...

3 Use Cases for Health Data Interoperability in Patient-Centered Care

by Hannah Nelson

As the industry shifts to value-based payment models, concepts like patient-centered care are influencing all aspects of healthcare, including health data interoperability.   In patient-centered care, an individual's specific...

CHI Comments on ONC USCDI Proposed Version 3 Data Classes

by Hannah Nelson

The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) provided comments to the ONC on its Draft (v3) US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and its ongoing USCDI expansion process (draft...

HL7 Launches ONC FAST Accelerator to Boost FHIR Scalability  

by Hannah Nelson

Health Level Seven International (HL7) announced that ONC's FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) will transition into an HL7 FHIR Accelerator. ONC originally founded the FAST project to define a common...

CAQH CORE Releases Guidelines to Improve Information Exchange

by Sarai Rodriguez

CAQH CORE, the author of national operating rules for the HIPAA-covered administrative transactions, recently released new operating rules to enhance information exchange and healthcare operations...

Data Standards, Community Stewardship Key for SDOH Data Exchange

by Hannah Nelson

Data standards and community stewardship are critical elements for social determinants of health (SDOH) data exchange, according to Greg Bloom, strategic advisor on community resources and engagement for the Gravity Project, a...

EHNAC Releases Updates to Health IT Accreditation Programs for Public Review

by Hannah Nelson

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit health IT data standards development organization, announced that it has posted new versions of program criteria for...

How HL7 Data Standards Support Advance Care Planning Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Adoption of Health Level 7 International (HL7) data standards could help move healthcare away from a world of primarily paper-based advance directives to support advance care planning interoperability, according to Maria Moen, senior vice...

How Interoperability, HIE Can Boost Equity for Patients with Disabilities

by Hannah Nelson

ONC is working to boost health equity for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through various interoperability and health information exchange (HIE) initiatives, according...