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New Blog Alert! ASTP’s FHIR Action Plan is more than just a policy update—it's a critical guidepost for the health IT industry, helping us understand the direction federal agencies are taking to advance healthcare interoperability. In our latest blog, Kendra Obrist breaks down the key elements of this action plan and explains how FHIR will continue to shape the future of health data exchange. From standards development to innovation and nationwide adoption, this plan sets the course for FHIR’s role in transforming how healthcare data is shared. Stay informed on the latest policy developments and learn how POCP can help your organization navigate this evolving landscape. Read more here: https://hubs.li/Q02SZGHh0 #HealthIT #FHIR #Interoperability #HealthcareInnovation #POCP #PolicyUpdates

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Top rural health IT challenges for healthcare organizations With constrained budgets, hospitals are tackling rural health IT hurdles through cloud-based EHRs, workforce training, grants and free cybersecurity resources. Your rural health organization could be benefitted from cost-effective or no-cost health-it applications using OpenEMR and CapMinds duo. If you want saas platform for your clinic, try with world's most cost-effective #ehr, Vozo #ruralhealth #ehr #telehealth #rcm #rpm

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FORUM and General Dynamics Information Technology continued to go in-depth at DHITS this week, as Scott D. Robinson, heard from Kevin Seeley and Anna L. Ehrhardt about key points on the opening day of the conference, and how GDIT strives to apply its innovations across the Defense Health Technology ecosystem with each engagement. Check out the full conversation here, and please stay tuned for additional content from this important conference! Sarah Swedberg #dhits2024, #defense #health #Technology #cyber #ai #ecosystem

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Cotiviti VP of Interoperability Katie Devlin, DHSc, MS, CPHIMS, explains how TEFCA gained momentum in 2024 with seven designated QHINs and advancements in FHIR-based exchange. Despite progress, inconsistent FHIR adoption has limited its industry-wide impact. In 2025, collaboration between payers, providers, and technology vendors is expected to address this challenge. Key initiatives such as the DaVinci Trebuchet Pilot and NCQA’s Bulk FHIR API Quality Coalition are testing real-world scenarios to enhance implementation. https://bit.ly/4iJG9Sn Answers Media Network #payments #HealthPlans 

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When validating standard HEDIS data during a workflow implementation, we identified challenges with both FHIR and CCD supplemental data. See how we uncovered and resolved the issues for a 5-Star health plan in this new blog by Amy Salls. https://lnkd.in/eBzpC6DP #ssnchealth #ECDS 

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Last week, Bob Bryan and John Valutkevich explored the evolving world of predictive Decision Support Interventions (DSI) in certified Health IT. The ASTP-ONC’s §170.315(b)(11) requirements are set to reshape how compliant EHR systems enhance predictive DSI capabilities and foster innovation in healthcare AI. Key insights from the session include: 📌 Breaking down the (b)(11) standards. 📌 Risk management considerations. 📌 Compliance strategies for AI vendors. Catch up now to see how these changes could impact the future of healthcare AI. https://loom.ly/gEie0Hk #HealthIT #PredictiveDSI #HealthcareAI #EHR

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Traditional EHR systems often fall short in supporting the essential functions of Enhanced Care Management (ECM) under #CalAIM. ECM requires seamless coordination across physical, behavioral, and social determinants of health, proactive member engagement, and real-time data exchange—capabilities that extend beyond the scope of many EHRs. Our Incedo #CareManagement platform is fully aligned with ECM and fills the gap of traditional EHR systems. Incedo offers an integrated whole-person approach to care management and facilitates collaboration across providers and managed care plans to improve outcomes for California’s most vulnerable populations. If you’re looking for a complete #ECM solution, let’s talk about how Incedo can help. https://hubs.ly/Q02RnVwW0 #HealthcareInnovation

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💡Part 3 of Steve Gravely and Gravely Group's ongoing #HTI2ProposedRule series delving into the Proposed Rule for Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability. Follow along for the full breakdown! 📢 _______________________________________________________________ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) said on July 10 that HTI-2 builds on the work of HTI-1 and #TEFCA to continue the march towards full interoperability. 🎙️Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator at ONC, said that HTI-2 will “expand the horizons and the capability of interoperability”. Here are some highlights of key parts of HTI-2 that do NOT deal with #InformationBlocking. 1.      Certification of Public Health IT systems- ONC will begin to certify public health-specific IT systems and products to improve the interoperability between healthcare providers that are using certified EHR products and “native” systems developed by, and for, public health agencies. ONC says a primary goal of this certification is to establish a baseline for functionality of public health IT systems.    2.      FHIR APIs- ONC states that 97% of hospitals and 80% of ambulatory providers have access to FHIR APIs but usage is frustrated by the inability to discover the APIs and to automatically connect to them. ONC intends to require certified EHRs to support dynamic client registration as used in TEFCA. 🎙️Steve Gravely says, "eHealth Exchange expressed significant concerns with the TEFCA requirement of the UDAP dynamic registration standard, so we should take a close look at the proposals in HTI-2 and consider submitting comments on them." 3.      USCDI v.4 will be required for certification effective 1-1-2028 and v.3 will be retired.

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CHALLENGE: Seamlessly share disparate healthcare data from diverse systems and sources.   OUTCOME: Fast, reliable, and secure exchanges for millions of healthcare professionals across the U.S.   Read how partners InterSystems & MedAllies are working together to:   ☑ Deliver Vital Health Information to Improve Care Quality ☑ Simplify Connectivity and Accelerating Time-to-Market  ☑ Meet Stringent QHIN Scalability and Performance Requirements ☑ Arm EMS Responders with Essential Patient Data ☑ Ensure Fast, Easy, and Secure Ambulatory EHR Access   Read the full success story: https://bit.ly/3UtM4j5 | #Interoperability #HealthData #TEFCA #QHINs #PatientData #ImprovedOutcomes

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The IHS Health IT Modernization Program hosted a tribal consultation and urban confer on August 8 via Zoom, focusing on multi-tenant domain considerations and how they affect the building of the enterprise electronic health record (EHR) solution, PATH EHR. Check out this month’s blog post for a recap of the event and to learn more about how PATH EHR will support multi-tenant domain considerations: https://bit.ly/4dTuD3N #ModernizeHealth #HealthITModernization #NativeHealth #IndianCountry

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DIY healthcare interoperability seems like a good idea—until it’s not. Be sure to follow best practices such as Mirth Connect shouldn’t be used for message retention. You’d be surprised how often it is. Check out this snippet from last week’s session you missed with Ron Wilson, Derek Wayland, CISSP & James D. Benson Join us tomorrow 10/9 @ 12 pm CT. Register Here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gsbmUfx3 #Interoperability #DIYInteroperability #HealthcareIT #DataManagement #MirthConnect #HealthTech #DataSecurity #TechSolutions #HealthcareData #EngineeringChallenges #TechLeaders

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📊 When was the last time you optimized your EHR? If it’s been 3–5 years, it’s time to take a closer look. We help healthcare organizations maximize the value of their EHR investments with tailored optimization strategies and Epic Refuel projects. 🚦Signs you need optimization: 🔹 High clinician dissatisfaction 🔹 Workflows that don’t match organizational needs 🔹 Frequent help desk tickets Our seasoned consultants ensure your system supports your team—not the other way around. Ready to unlock the full potential of your EHR? #EHROptimization #EpicRefuel #HealthcareEfficiency #PatientCare

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This week's news from Government Technology highlights the relevancy of modernizing outdated legacy systems, emphasizing the need for a unified health data platform. The article outlines challenges in federal healthcare agencies and emphasizes the need for modernizing healthcare data infrastructure to enhance research, care, and address #populationhealth effectively. Industry experts stress streamlining workflows, optimizing resource allocation, and improving security through full-stack observability (FSO). This topic seems very familiar to us, as it’s something we just discussed on our recent webinar for Government agencies. We believe wholeheartedly in this movement for modernization while also understanding the barriers to adoption and that there should be an ethical and sustainable approach towards AI implementation for Government agencies. #AIForSocialGood #GovTech #DigitalTransformation https://lnkd.in/gxuMP_Js

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The HHS's new proposed rule on standardized health IT marks a significant leap forward. In this article from Healthcare IT News, Kim Perry, our Chief Growth Officer, emphasizes: By mandating standardized health IT across all systems interacting with HHS, this initiative not only enhances interoperability and reduces inefficiencies, but also paves the way for advanced technologies like NLP and LLMs to unlock the full potential of this data at scale. This not only accelerates and improves patient care but also paves the way for groundbreaking discoveries in clinical research, ultimately transforming the healthcare landscape and driving innovation in treatment and diagnosis. At emtelligent, we’re proud to deliver the most mature, feature-rich, accurate medical NLP solution on the market—empowering healthcare providers to transform data into actionable insights. Learn more and schedule a demo at emtelligent.com. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3ALPoQc #MedicalAI #HealthcareInnovation #AIinHealthcare #NLP #emtelligent

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Writing for Health Data Management, Cotiviti's Katie Devlin, DHSc, MS, CPHIMS, recommends prioritizing interoperability with five proactive strategies for health plans to improve clinical data exchange with their partners. https://bit.ly/3YGiLxm #interoperability #HealthPlans

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