What You Should Know:
- Health Level Seven International (HL7®) and The Sequoia Project, leaders in promoting healthcare information technology (health IT) interoperability, announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the adoption of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) standards in the US and globally.
- The HL7 FHIR® Accelerator (FAST) program, initially spearheaded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), will
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Prior Authorization and Interoperability – Changing the Dynamics of Medicare
CMS and Medicare are trying to change the dynamics of American healthcare. No need to rehash the well-known issues but what is new is the change in the hotspot. For the last 20 years, Medicare Fee for Service has been the hotspot of spending and value. You’ve heard the mantra (which dates at least as far back as 1906 with George Bernard Shaw’s play, “The Doctor’s Dilemma”). If you pay a set rate the medical establishment has an incentive to increase volume. Now fast forward to today and Medicare
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FHIR Adoption on the Rise: ONC Survey Shows Digital Health Companies Embrace Standards-Based APIs
What You Should Know:
- A new survey reveals that the healthcare industry is making significant strides towards interoperability, thanks to the adoption of standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs).
- The research, conducted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), reveals that a majority of digital health companies are using the FHIR standard to integrate with electronic health records (EHRs).
The Rise of FHIR
The Cures Act
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4 Key Ways QHINs Will Improve Healthcare Interoperability
Like tales of Bigfoot and UFO sightings, talk of Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) has been met around the health industry with some skepticism, with some in health IT asking, “Are QHINs real?”
Though the question was posed partly in jest, doubts about the reality of QHINs have been somewhat understandable. QHINs were created as part of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a set of regulations designed to improve healthcare interoperability by establishing
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Innovaccer and Wolters Kluwer Join Forces to Tame Unstructured Data
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare industry sits on a goldmine of data, yet 97% of it remains unused, according to the World Economic Forum. To unlock the immense potential of this information, digital healthcare leader Innovaccer has joined forces with Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of professional information and software solutions.
- The strategic partnership aims to transform raw data into actionable insights, ultimately improving patient care and driving healthcare
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MEDITECH Joins Cancer Moonshot Initiative to Standardize Cancer Data
What You Should Know:
- MEDITECH, a healthcare information technology company, is joining forces with the Biden administration's ambitious Cancer Moonshot initiative to improve cancer care through data standardization and collaboration.
- Announced at the ONC Annual Meeting, this partnership signals a significant step towards achieving better health outcomes for millions of Americans impacted by cancer.
Standardizing Cancer Data for Improved Care
The Cancer Moonshot initiative,
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HHS Unveils Data Strategy to Fuel Cancer Moonshot & Health Outcomes
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its comprehensive Data Strategy, outlining a vision for leveraging data as a powerful tool to improve health outcomes and advance the Biden Cancer Moonshot.
- The strategy expands the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)'s role to encompass human services interoperability in addition to its existing focus on healthcare interoperability. This ensures seamless
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HHS Finalizes Rule for AI Transparency and Data Interoperability
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took a major step forward in healthcare data sharing and artificial intelligence (AI) transparency with the finalization of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) rule.
- This rule was finalized after months of public feedback, promises to revolutionize how healthcare data is used and accessed in the United
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ONC Launches Platform for Organizing and Building USCDI+ Datasets
What You Should Know:
- Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has officially launched a new platform dedicated to organizing and building USCDI+ datasets.
- This user-friendly platform, located at https://uscdiplus.healthit.gov, provides a central location for accessing and exploring all USCDI+ datasets across various domains.
Enhanced User Experience and Powerful Tools
The new platform boasts several improvements over previous data
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Providence Pioneers Data Sharing for Value-Based Care with HL7® Da Vinci Clinical Data Exchange
What You Should Know:
- Providence has become the first health system in the United States to develop a data-as-a-service (DaaS) product driven by HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
- This product facilitates the exchange of clinical data between providers and payers, aiming to standardize clinical data across the system.
Barriers to Data Exchange
Traditionally, one of the most significant barriers to seamless clinical data exchange has been the lack of
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