Integration & Interoperability News

MEDITECH Expands Collaborative Environments for Health IT Development

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MEDITECH has announced the expansion of Greenfield, an initiative that connects communities of partners and app developers to advance health IT development. The vendor now provides two collaborative...

Maryland Designates CRISP HIE as State Health Data Utility

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CRISP, Maryland’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), will now operate as a health data utility (HDU) after the State Legislature passed key bills this session. Effective October...

CHIME Leads Request for HHS to Delay Information Blocking Deadline

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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and nine other healthcare industry groups have called on HHS to postpone the approaching information blocking compliance deadline,...

The Sequoia Project Issues Final Set of Information Blocking Resources

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The Sequoia Project has released the final set of resources to help entities comply with the ONC’s information blocking rules as part of the 21st Century Cures Act. Prior to this month, the...

Collaboration Needed for Race, Ethnicity Data Collection, Exchange

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A multistakeholder approach is needed to improve race, ethnicity, and language (REL) data collection, validation, and exchange, according to an article published in Health Affairs, While payer,...

CalHHS Data Exchange Framework Set to Boost Interoperability

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The recently unveiled California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) Data Exchange Framework is set to promote health data interoperability across the state, according to The National Law...

Regenstrief Secures CDC Grant for Long COVID-19 Research Using HIE Data

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Research scientists from Regenstrief Institute have received a CDC grant to detect trends linked to lingering symptoms of COVID-19, known as long COVID-19, using health information exchange (HIE)...

HIE Participation Supports Data Exchange for 64% of Shared Patients

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Almost four-fifths of hospitals participated in health information exchange (HIE) networks in 2018, supporting data exchange for about two-thirds of shared patients, according to a study published in...

HL7 FHIR Accelerator Launches Pilot for Oncology Prior Authorization

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Evernorth, the health services business of Cigna Corporation, and Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, are collaborating to enhance health data interoperability for prior authorization in oncology...

Surescripts Facilitates Health Data Exchange for About 20% of Americans

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In the first six months of 2022, healthcare interoperability has grown tremendously, according to Surescripts, which says it has supported health data exchange for nearly one-fifth of...

The Sequoia Project Releases TEFCA QHIN Application, SOPs

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The Sequoia Project, the recognized coordinating entity (RCE) for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has released the Qualified Heath Information Network (QHIN)...

ONC, HRSA Partner on Uniform Data System Interoperability Initiative

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ONC and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have partnered on a new USCDI+ initiative to align HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS) with interoperability standards, according to a...

New Surescripts Partnership to Advance Clinical Interoperability

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Health IT vendor Surescripts has become a strategic business and technology partner to Civitas Network for Health to drive clinical interoperability for better patient care quality and lower healthcare...

Combatting the Opioid Crisis Through PDMP EHR Integrations

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As the drug overdose crisis continues to grow, an interactive tool from CDC and ONC aims to improve opioid prescribing by helping support Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) EHR...

Texas Community HIE Rebrands, Expands Offerings to Other States

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HASA, a non-profit, community health information exchange (HIE) in Texas, announced that it has changed its name and brand identity to C3HIE to reflect its new vision of helping the healthcare industry...

The Sequoia Project Selects HITRUST as TEFCA Security Certifying Body

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The Sequoia Project has selected HITRUST as the first certifying body for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) security requirements. Organizations must obtain the HITRUST...

‘Point-of-Care’ Clinical Research Scalability Requires Interoperability

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Leveraging interoperability standards may provide a more flexible framework for the scalability of “point-of-care” clinical research, according to a Health Affairs article. A point-of-care...

Civitas Selects Tech Partner for National PCDH Interoperability Initiative

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At its annual conference, Civitas Networks for Health and the Patient Centered Data Home (PCDH) Governance Council announced that they have selected Velatura Public Benefit Corporation as the national...

ONC Outlines Upcoming Cures Act Deadlines for Certified Health IT Vendors

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The 21st Century Cures Act infrastructure will come to fruition in 2022, with upcoming deadlines for the availability of standards-based FHIR application programming interfaces (APIs), according to a...