Data Standards

EHNAC, HITRUST Partner to Strengthen TNAP Health Data Security

by Hannah Nelson

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and HITRUST have announced a partnership to strengthen the health data security framework of the Trusted Network Accreditation Program...

How Health Data Standards Support Healthcare Interoperability

by Editorial Staff

Achieving true healthcare interoperability across the care continuum is a top priority for providers, payers, and other key industry stakeholders. Seamless, comprehensive data sharing is particularly important for healthcare organizations...

TEFCA Interoperability Framework to Enhance Health Data Exchange, Security

by Hannah Nelson

The Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement (TEFCA) interoperability framework is set to streamline health data exchange for enhanced care delivery. ONC and its Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), The Sequoia Project, Inc.,...

Greater Medical Device Data Standards Needed for Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

The healthcare industry needs better data standards to support medical device interoperability, according to an article published in JAMA Health Forum. The authors noted that much of the existing...

Having the Same EHR Vendor Does Not Ensure Health IT Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

EHR interoperability with the same health IT vendor is still far from perfect due to limited data standards adoption, according to a study published in JAMIA. That said, having EHR implementations...

Health IT Specification Set to Enable PCP, Specialist Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Just as a circle has 360 degrees, Holly Miller, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, chief medical officer of MedAllies, says data exchange needs to be a closed loop process to enable care coordination. That’s what she’s trying to accomplish with...

EHNAC Updates Interoperability Criteria, Health IT Standards

by Hannah Nelson

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit health IT data standards development organization, has announced the release of new criteria versions for its 20...

HL7 Announces New Positions Set to Further Interoperability Work

by Hannah Nelson

Health Level Seven International (HL7) has created three new executive positions that are set to support the organization’s interoperability and data standards goals. HL7 went through an 18...

HL7 Celebrates 10 Years of FHIR Health IT Data Standard

by Hannah Nelson

Health Level Seven (HL7) International celebrates 10 years of international development and implementation of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) health IT data standard. The...

Data Standards Key for EHR Documentation of Gender Minority Patients

by Hannah Nelson

As healthcare organizations look to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) EHR documentation to improve health equity for gender-minority patients, a lack of national data standards limits data...

Common EHR Data Standards Hinder Health Equity for Deaf Patients

by Hannah Nelson

Current EHR data standards present challenges for identifying deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals, according to a study published in JAMIA that raises health equity concerns for care delivery...

Feds: Gender-Inclusive EHR Data Standards Support Health Equity

by Hannah Nelson

Gender-inclusive EHR data standards are essential for achieving health equity, Steven Posnack, deputy national coordinator for health IT wrote in a recent ONC HealthITBuzz blog post. Posnack noted...

HL7, SNOMED Renew Partnership for Global Health Data Exchange

by Sara Heath

HL7 International and SNOMED have announced they will continue their longstanding strategic partnership to advance international health data exchange. Particularly, the pair will continue their work...

Are Templates Good for EHR Clinical Notes, Clinician Burden?

by Hannah Nelson

While clinical note templates aim to streamline EHR documentation processes, their individualized nature could contribute to poor note quality and clinician burden, according to a study published in...

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 Shifts SVAP Timeline, Health IT Data Standards Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

ONC has adjusted its Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) timeline in order to support coordination across the health IT data standards community, the agency wrote in a blog post. ONC...

How SO/GI Data Standards Can Boost EHR Documentation, Health Equity

by Hannah Nelson

Sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) EHR documentation practices are not uniform across the care continuum due to a lack of data standards. But as the industry pushes for health equity and providers begin to acknowledge gender...

ONC Launches USCDI Initiative to Improve Dataset Interoperability

by Victoria Bailey

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has launched a new initiative that will add to the existing United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and...

Researchers Create Gender-Inclusive HL7 Model, EHR Documentation

by Hannah Nelson

Leveraging health IT data standards through a gender-inclusive HL7 model for EHR documentation could help improve care delivery for gender-marginalized patients and boost health equity, according to a...