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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Philips Launches New Interoperability Capabilities for Comprehensive Patient View
What You Should Know: - Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced the interoperability of Philips Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) with Philips Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX), providing hospitals with a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive patient overview. - Interoperability between MDIP and PIC iX gives clinicians a new clinical perspective that enables the capture of streaming data flowing freely from a variety of medical device
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Holon Solutions, HealtHIE Nevada Partner to Improve Information Sharing in Nevada
What You Should Know: Holon Solutions, the leading human-centric healthcare technology company, and HealtHIE Nevada, the nonprofit health information exchange (HIE) that provides electronic connection among Nevada physicians, hospitals, labs and other health care organizations, today announced a collaboration to radically improve open information sharing across the healthcare sector. This initiative will enable care teams to improve care coordination and quality, while providing
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Health Gorilla Launches Patient Access Solution Enabling Access to Health Data from Health Information Networks
What You Should Know: Health Gorilla, a privacy-focused health information network and interoperability solution provider, has announced the launch of its Patient Access solution, which allows healthcare organizations to access comprehensive health data by enabling consumers to submit queries to national health information networks under the Individual Access Services (IAS) purpose of use.Accessing comprehensive data seamlessly from national exchanges has traditionally been limited to
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