Integration & Interoperability News

Idaho State-Designated Health Information Exchange Files for Bankruptcy

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Idaho’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE) has filed for bankruptcy, reporting it owes creditors $4 million and is defending itself in three lawsuits, according to The Idaho...

Data Exchange Challenges Impede Electronic Public Health Reporting

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The healthcare industry must focus on increasing electronic health information exchange (HIE) to ensure the availability of timely data for public health efforts, according to an ONC data...

eHealth Exchange, CRISP Shared Services Announce TEFCA QHIN Intentions

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eHealth Exchange has announced its intention to apply as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). CRISP Shared Services, which...

Yale Rheumatology Joins Qualified Clinical Data Registry

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The Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at Yale School of Medicine announced it would join the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE), a qualified...

HL7 Da Vinci Project Recognizes Health IT Experts as ‘Community Champions’

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The Health Level Seven International (HL7) Da Vinci Project has named eight health IT experts its 2021 Da Vinci Community Champions. The individuals represent the diverse membership of the...

NextGen Healthcare Announces Intent to Apply for TEFCA QHIN Role

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Health IT vendor NextGen Healthcare has announced that it will apply to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). TEFCA...

The Sequoia Project Releases Draft Information Blocking Resources

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The Sequoia Project has released a set of draft resources for public feedback that aim to help entities better comply with the 21st Century Cures Rule information blocking requirements....

HL7 Launches GenomeX Community to Enhance Genomic Data Interoperability

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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...

Carequality Interoperability Framework OKs Federal Participation

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The Carequality Interoperability Framework has expanded its policy agreements to enable the participation of federal government agencies. The nonprofit organization said that by extending...

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

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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...

Intermountain Partnership Automates EHR Data for Organ Donor Referrals

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Intermountain Healthcare, DonorConnect, and InVita Healthcare Technologies have partnered to launch iReferral, an interoperability-based tool that automates EHR data for the organ donor referral...

The Sequoia Project Releases TEFCA Flow-Down Resource

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The Sequoia Project, selected by ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has released a new resource to help healthcare...

ONC Releases United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3

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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...

Alaska DOH Seeks Proposals for Statewide Health Information Exchange Services

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The Alaska Department of Health (DOH) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for statewide health information exchange (HIE) services. Alaska seeks a contractor to provide HIE services with secure,...

ACEP Taps Consultancy for Clinical Emergency Data Digital Platform

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The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has partnered with PA Consulting to create a digital platform to support ACEP's Emergency Medicine Data Institute (EMDI) and its Clinical...

PCORI Gives $8M to Grow Patient Data Sharing Network for Research

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has granted nearly $8 million in renewed funding to expand a patient dating sharing network in New York set to enable greater healthcare...

The Sequoia Project Releases TEFCA Draft SOP for IAS Exchange Purpose

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The Sequoia Project, selected by the ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), has released draft...

Epic EHR Integration to Improve Molecular Testing Access

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Caris Life Sciences, a molecular science company, has announced a partnership with Epic Systems to support an EHR integration to improve molecular testing access. Through this partnership, oncologists...

Civitas Adds Health IT Vendor to National Interoperability Network

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Civitas Networks for Health, an organization that aims to support interoperability through widespread collaboration, has added health IT vendor Kno2 as its newest member. As healthcare’s largest...