Integration & Interoperability News

CT Appoints Health IT Officer, Health Information Exchange Chair

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The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has appointed Sumit Sajnani to serve as the state's Health IT Officer (HITO). Sajnani will co-chair the statewide Health IT Advisory Council (HITAC)...

DirectTrust Names Health IT Stakeholders Leading Interoperability

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DirectTrust has announced its third quarter selection of individuals, teams, and organizations as Interoperability Heroes in recognition of their commitment to advancing health IT. “We're...

Cerner EHR Integration Automates Organ Donor Data Exchange

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EHR vendor Cerner has partnered with health IT company Transplant Connect on an EHR integration that aims to streamline data exchange for organ donor referrals.  The health IT company expedites...

How Telehealth, RPM Interoperability with EHR Systems Boosts Care

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Telehealth interoperability with EHR systems is key for delivering high quality care, according to guidance published by the Michigan State Medical Society. COVID-19 accelerated efforts to connect...

Epic EHR Integration Supports Timely COVID-19 Treatment Delivery

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Guthrie, a health system serving areas of New York and Pennsylvania, is leveraging an Epic EHR integration to deliver a novel treatment for high-risk COVID-19 patients. Scientists create monoclonal...

HL7, SNOMED Renew Partnership for Global Health Data Exchange

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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...

Public Health Data Exchange, Health Equity Require Team Effort

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All sectors, including government, philanthropy, and community-based organizations must work together to achieve health equity through a robust public health data exchange infrastructure, according to...

Joint HIE, FHIR Adoption Support Data Sharing for Veteran Care

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The implementation of a joint HIE and FHIR adoption have helped support data sharing for veteran care, Bill Tinston, director of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Effort (FEHRM), noted...

Finances Stymie Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability at FQHCs

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Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other safety-net providers face interoperability challenges that limit their patient data sharing capabilities, according to a new whitepaper published by...

ONC Launches USCDI Initiative to Improve Dataset Interoperability

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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...

Contexture HIEs Earn HITRUST Health IT Security Certification

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The two health information exchanges (HIEs) that make up regional patient data sharing organization Contexture, Denver-based CORHIO and Phoenix-based Health Current, recently earned separate health IT...

Using EHR Integrations to Understand Social Determinants of Health

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Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, Massachusetts has leveraged a MEDITECH EHR integration to boost social determinants of health (SDOH) data analytics and track health outcomes. The large...

HIE Leverages Direct Secure Messaging to Boost Care Coordination

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The Rochester RHIO health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with health IT vendor Secure Exchange Solutions (SES) in efforts to boost data exchange and care coordination through direct secure...

Health Information Exchange Group Prioritizes Interoperability

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Collabrity Health has launched a new health information exchange (HIE) consortium that aims to increase patient access to data through interoperability and infrastructure improvements. Collabrity...

Cures Act EHI Definition Needs Clarification, Health IT Orgs Say

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ONC must standardize the definition of electronic health information (EHI) for the successful operationalization of the 21st Century Cures Act final rule’s interoperability goals, according to a...

Assessing the Future of Public Health Data Exchange, Interoperability

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As COVID-19 continues to underscore the need for an enhanced health interoperability infrastructure, a panel of past health IT coordinators and the current ONC leader discussed the future of public...

ONC, CDC Envision Public Health IT Infrastructure of the Future

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CDC and ONC are collaborating on public health IT infrastructure and standards to promote interoperability after COVID-19 highlighted flaws in public health data exchange, ONC lead Micky Tripathi, MD,...

Poor EHR Training, System Defects Hamper DOD EHR Implementation

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The Department of Defense (DOD) has made progress in its MHS GENESIS EHR implementation, however health IT system defects and ineffective EHR training pose challenges to successful deployment,...