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Bonus Features – January 21, 2024 – Number of compromised patient records in cyberattacks rose 108% in 2023, USCDI v5 draft announced, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

News and Studies ONC released the draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v5 , along with a Standards Bulletin to explain the proposed two new data classes (Observations and Orders) and 13 new data elements (among them preferred name and pronoun).

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Bonus Features – June 30, 2024 – 56% of organizations say shortage of IT talent is a key challenge, 87% of physicians say at-home testing improves access to diagnostic services, plus 22 more stories

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News HHS revealed disincentives for providers that commit information blocking , with organizations subject to lower scores and reduced reimbursements under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and ineligible for MSSP participation for at least one year.

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What’s Something Not Enough People are Talking About in Healthcare?

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Dan Wilson, Founder and CEO at Moxe Health – We’ve been talking about interoperability as a concept for decades and I want to hear what people are doing to solve real problems. What are people actually doing with all of this data interoperability? What problem are they actually solving and who are they solving it for?

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Bonus Features – May 26, 2024 – Only 43% of hospitals routinely exchange data, about 70% of organizations want to change archiving vendors, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Only 43% of hospitals routinely engage in interoperable data exchange , according to the latest ONC data brief. Avel eCare launched Avel eSync , which helps providers customize workflows for specialty physician consults. Products Health Catalyst unveiled Health Catalyst Ignite , the next generation of its data and analytics platform.

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Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

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Hospitals serving marginalized communities are less likely to participate in interoperable patient data exchange , according to the latest ONC research. Partnerships Interoperability service provider MedAllies was selected to the MEDITECH Alliance Innovator Program. higher rate than MA members not covered under a VBC model.

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Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Who better to talk to the Healthcare IT Today community about interoperability than the National Coordinator himself? Priorities for EHR vendors include interoperability, automation, the cloud, and improving support for specialty care. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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Weekly Roundup – October 7, 2023

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Read more… What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About? Since interoperability is a way of combining workflows in the interest of simplicity, there are so many topics and angles to discuss. But on an organizational level, there are ways for you to make it easier.

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