Feds: “Health Equity by Design” Key to Health IT, Interoperability
Health IT developers should consider the collection of social determinants of health (SDOH) data as a core feature of health IT design to pursue health equity, ONC lead Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, said...ONC Announces Health IT Winners of Synthetic Health Data Challenge
ONC has announced $100,000 in total awards to six winners of the Synthetic Health Data Challenge for health IT tools. Synthetic health data generation tools create artificial datasets that mimic...Sequoia Project Previews TEFCA Interoperability Infrastructure
The Sequoia Project, selected by the ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) for implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) interoperability...Rising Clinician Burden Points Execs Towards AI Data Exchange
High rates of clinician burden from outdated modes of patient health data exchange are pushing health IT executives toward artificial intelligence (AI) investments, according to a survey of 1,700...How Primary Care EHR Integrations Can Boost Specialty Referrals
EHR integration in primary care settings can increase referrals, but use of that health IT usually varies based on clinician engagement, according to a recent study published in the Annals of Family...What Do APIs Mean for Health Interoperability, Data Exchange?
Application programming interface (API) adoption in healthcare has the potential to revolutionize health data exchange interoperability. API adoption is common in other business sectors, such as...Tripathi: Interoperability Resources for Cures Act Compliance Coming
ONC is launching additional interoperability resources that aim to support healthcare stakeholder compliance with the Cures Act Final Rule, according to a HealthITBuzz blog post written by the...Sponsored by NextGen Healthcare
