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Bonus Features – February 23, 2025 – 44% of orgs experienced a cyberattack involving a third-party vendor in the last year, 20% of patients prefer AI to phone calls if it results in faster service, plus 25 more stories

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News CMS is seeking feedback on the upcoming electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) update that will go into effect in 2026. Veradigm launched a disease-specific cardiometabolic Clinical Data Registry , bringing together data from more than 80 EHR systems. The agency has published guidance for both reading and implementing eCQMs.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

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While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

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HTI-1 Final Rule Appropriately, we’ve been breaking down what health IT and EHR vendors need to expect when it comes to HTI-1 in our Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem.

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Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, and more

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The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. News Comments rolled in on the proposed Calendar Year 2024 Physician Fee Schedule.

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Implementing Digital Strategies Helps Re-define the Healthcare Industry

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million by 2026. For medical staff, there is increased support for medical diagnosis; for front-office staff, it’s much easier to manage electronic health records (EHR); and for physicians, digital transcription and updating medical logs can be done much faster than ever before.

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Neighbourhood Health: new priority for the NHS, one to watch for the UK HealthTech community

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HealthTech firms that cant integrate with existing systems (like the NHSs EHRs or shared care records) or that dont meet interoperability standards (e.g., But its not just small-scale: the NHS wants proven innovations scaled nationally by 2026/27. The NHS is pushing for standardized data-sharing and seamless workflows.

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Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent?

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Lastly, integrating new initiatives, data or insights into technology workflows such as the EHR is a historical barrier that has reached the breaking point. A Chilmark report from May 2023 estimates that hospital-at-home adoption will double by 2026 , reaching $72 billion out of a potential $300 billion total addressable market.

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