EHNAC, HITRUST Partner to Strengthen TNAP Health Data Security
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...Sponsored by Consensus