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Navigating the Challenges of Price Transparency: Highlights from ViVE
The ViVE conference in Nashville, powered by HLTH and CHIME, offered an overview of the latest developments in health tech spanning interoperability, cybersecurity, price transparency, behavioral health and health equity.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech, Legal
Health interoperability with purpose: TEFCA’s impact & (maybe) the beginning of the end of impersonal care
Recently, the ONC revealed its most ambitious healthcare interoperability effort to date with the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). It outlines a common set of principles, terms, and conditions to support the overarching goal of establishing a universal floor for health data interoperability across the country.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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ONC’s new interoperability standards support SDOH, sexual orientation data
The ONC has released the new version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability, a set of standards to enable seamless data exchange nationwide. The updated set includes standards for exchanging data related to social determinants of health, sexual orientation and gender identity.
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ONC Chief: Data standardization key to integrating public health into info-sharing infrastructure
The Covid-19 pandemic shone a harsh light on how siloed the public health infrastructure is, and the ONC is working along with other government agencies to integrate it with the existing data-sharing ecosystem. According to Dr. Micky Tripathi, head of the agency, standardizing data will be essential to this integration.
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Dr. Micky Tripathi on interoperability, health equity & how his work with VCs will help him lead the ONC
In a wide-ranging interview, the National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Micky Tripathi discussed his career and how his varied experiences have expanded his perspective. He also spoke about ONC’s plans for the future, which include “evangelizing” about the opportunities the federal interoperability rules will create for the industry.
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Health IT, Health Tech, Policy
After building interoperability roadmap, Omada’s chief privacy officer sees it come into place
Omada’s chief privacy and regulatory officer shared how she set the stage for new interoperability rules while working at the ONC, and how digital health companies should navigate them.
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EHR vendors, health systems frequently engage in information blocking, study shows
According to a national survey of health information exchanges, EHR vendors and health systems commonly engage in information blocking. Insights from the survey can help the HHS enforce its soon-to-be implemented information blocking rules, researchers say.
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Biden appoints permanent ONC head, acting CMS, HHS leaders
Dr. Micky Tripathi will lead the ONC as the new national coordinator for health information technology, while agency veterans Liz Richter and Norris Cochranwill serve as interim leaders for CMS and HHS, respectively.
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The state of interoperability today
New interoperability rules hold promise in making it easier for patients to access and share their health data. But there’s still a long way to go on the road to interoperability.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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New ONC initiative aims to standardize patient address formats
Launching in 2021, the ONC’s Project US@ aims to enhance efforts to correctly link patients with their health data — a key part of interoperability — by standardizing the way patients’ mailing addresses are formatted.
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HHS’ plans for health IT through 2025: 4 key goals
A recently released 50-page plan details the federal agency’s health IT-related objectives over the next five years and outlines the strategies it plans to use to achieve its goals.
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ONC to study physician use of health IT, interoperability
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will update data measuring physician use of health IT systems, as well as physician burden and interoperability.
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As deadline approaches, will HHS face pressure to push back information blocking rules?
In November, healthcare providers will be required to promote interoperability and give patients access to their health information. Electronic health record systems must also be able to integrate with third-party software through standard APIs.
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ONC to put $2.5M in CARES Act funding into health information exchanges
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator will allocate $2.5 million in CARES Act funding to health information exchanges to support public health uses of information from health information exchanges (HIEs). Five recipients will each get $500,000.
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With pandemic, some groups disappointed in delayed interoperability rules
Though hospitals got an extension on certain deadlines for CMS’ new interoperability rules due to Covid-19, some groups say the rules are more important now than ever.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
