Integration & Interoperability News

Lack of Interoperability Exacerbates Staffing Shortages, Clinician Burnout

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Top healthcare pain points among provider organizations include poor interoperability and long-term solutions to staffing shortages and clinician burnout, according to a KLAS whitepaper. In September...

MO Set to Launch Statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

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Missouri is the latest and the last state to launch a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) EHR integration. The program aims to curb statewide opioid addiction by improving prescribing practices...

Interoperability, Data Quality Leads the Way as Top Exec Priorities

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While the healthcare industry is turning its attention to interoperability, a new survey found that barriers such as poor data quality and information sharing remain challenging to over 60 percent of...

DirectTrust Releases TNAP Version 2.0 Criteria for TEFCA Participants

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DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has released the TNAP version 2.0 criteria for...

COVID-19 Sparks Health IT Market Growth in Telehealth EHR Integrations

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The health IT market experienced a rapid increase in telehealth EHR integrations following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, according to a study published in AJMC. Researchers...

ONC Releases Draft US Core Data for Interoperability Version 4

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ONC has released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Version 4, which proposes to add 20 data elements across a new data class and eight existing data classes. The new data...

Physicians in ACOs More Likely to Use HIE to Share Patient Data

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Physicians in emerging care models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), were significantly more likely to use health information exchange (HIE) to share patient data than physicians in...

ONC Releases 2023 Interoperability Standards Advisory Reference Edition

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ONC has released the 2023 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition, which reflects more than 150 comments received by ONC during a 60-day public comment period. The ISA is...

Health IT Vendor Veradigm Invests in Behavioral Health Data Analytics Company

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Health IT vendor Veradigm Inc., formerly Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., has announced an investment in Holmusk, a behavioral health data analytics company. Veradigm led Holmusk’s $45...

DirectTrust and Health Data Standards Org EHNAC Announce Completion of Merger

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DirectTrust and health data standards organization Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) have announced the completion of their previously announced merger, effective January...

California HIE Earns NCQA Validated Data Stream Designation for Third Year

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Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s statewide health information exchange (HIE), has earned the Validated Data Stream designation in the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Data...

The Sequoia Project Publishes Health Data Usability Implementation Guide

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The Sequoia Project has released the final version of its "Data Usability Implementation Guide," which offers guidance to improve health data usability to benefit patient care. The final resource...

FAST Releases Implementation Guides for HL7 FHIR Health Data Exchange

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The FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) has published its first two implementation guides (IGs) for health data exchange as an HL7 FHIR Accelerator. FAST, which transitioned from an ONC initiative to...

Medical-Dental Partnership Uses Epic Systems EHR for Integrated Care

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Pacific Dental Services (PDS) has announced a partnership with MemorialCare to provide integrated care, enabling patients to receive oral healthcare and medical care in the same location through Epic...

eHealth Exchange HIE Reaches 1.35 Billion Health Data Requests Per Month

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The eHealth Exchange, a health information exchange (HIE) connecting federal agencies and healthcare providers, has announced that the eHealth Exchange Hub platform has surpassed 1.35 billion inbound...

Epic Launches Website for Health IT Vendors to Report Interoperability

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EHR vendor Epic has announced a website for health IT vendors to list their apps and self-report that they have achieved successful interoperability with Epic software. The website, Connection Hub,...

HL7 Calls on NCVHS to Designate FHIR as Clinical Attachments Data Standard

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In a recent letter, Health Level Seven International (HL7) called on the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) to include FHIR as a data standard for electronic clinical...

Bulk FHIR Could Boost Access to Immunization Data for Population Health

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Bulk FHIR could help providers access Immunization Information System (IIS) data for population health outreach, according to a study published in JAMIA. In many advanced EHR systems, providers can...

AHA Asks CMS to Halt National Healthcare Provider Directory Operation

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The American Hospital Association (AHA) detailed several concerns and requested that CMS not proceed with the proposed national healthcare provider directory, the trade group said in a public comment...