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Safeguards Needed for Generative AI EHR Data Summarization

January 31, 2024 - While generative AI shows promise for EHR data summarization, using large language models (LLMs) to summarize clinical data brings risks that are not clearly covered by existing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safeguards, according to a viewpoint published in JAMA.   A little over a year after ChatGPT’s public release, the healthcare...


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CMS Releases Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F). The rule outlines requirements to streamline health...

ONC Final Rule Updates Health IT Certification for Interoperability

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An ONC final rule scheduled for publication on January 9, 2024, will make several updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program to advance interoperability. The “Health Data, Technology,...

GAO Appoints New Members to Health IT Advisory Committee

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has appointed five new members to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). “Widespread access, exchange, and use of electronic...

ONC Finalizes Rule to Drive Health IT Interoperability, AI Transparency

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has finalized a rule to support health IT interoperability and artificial intelligence (AI) transparency. The Health...

ONC Launches New USCDI+ Platform to Drive Data Harmonization

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After several months of development and testing, the new ONC USCDI+ platform has gone live, providing a single platform for organizing and building out various USCDI+ datasets. The USCDI+ initiative...

ONC Adds 20 New Data Elements to USCDI v4 to Drive Interoperability

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ONC has released United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 4 (USCDI v4), which includes 20 additional data elements and a new data class. USCDI is a health IT standard that sets the...

Oklahoma Governor Rejects Proposed Rule Changes for Statewide HIE

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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has rejected proposed rule changes by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) regarding the implementation of a statewide health information exchange (HIE), according to...

HIA Calls ONC to Reconsider Health IT Requirements of Proposed Rule

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The Health Innovation Alliance (HIA) has submitted comments on the ONC proposed rule, Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1), which aims to implement provisions of the 21st Century Cures...

Health IT Advocacy Group Winds Down Operations After 22 Years

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Executives for Health Innovation (EHI), a nonprofit health IT advocacy group, will wind down operations in the coming months. Founded in 2001, EHI brought together thousands of health and technology...

EHR Documentation Time Dips After CMS E/M Coding Changes

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Clinician EHR documentation time went down slightly following changes to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding requirements, according to...

VA Executives Call for Modifications to House EHR Reform Proposals

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While Veterans Affairs (VA) executives support elements of reform bills that would hold its EHR modernization (EHRM) project to a higher standard, the agency is requesting modifications before fully...

Senate Republicans Introduce VA EHRM Standardization, Accountability Act

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Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced legislation that would prevent the continued implementation of the Oracle Cerner EHR at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

Senate Democrats Plan to Introduce Legislation for VA EHRM Program Overhaul

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Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are leading a legislative push for an overhaul of the...

Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Revamp VA EHRM Management

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Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs have introduced two bills that aim to revamp how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) approaches the management of IT,...

Biden’s 2024 Fiscal Budget Request Seeks $1.9B for VA EHR Modernization

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The Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 budget request to Congress seeks $1.9 billion in federal IT spending to continue rolling out the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization...

House Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Amend VA EHR Modernization Program

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On Friday, Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chair, introduced legislation to significantly amend or scrap the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization...

EHNAC Announces Finalized 2023 Health IT Accreditation Criteria

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The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit health IT standards development organization, has released new versions of program criteria for its 19 accreditation...

HHS Proposes New Data Standards for Electronic Health Data Sharing

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have proposed a new rule to implement data standards, which would improve the electronic...

GAO Appoints 7 Members to Health IT Advisory Committee  

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has announced the appointment of seven members to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). “HITAC is composed of individuals...