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• Healthcare provider tips to avoid information blocking

  Enforcement of the information blocking rule is underway, with a final rule from HHS and CMS outlining significant penalties for healthcare providers.  Continue Reading

• 5 EHR implementation challenges and how to overcome them

  EHR implementation is no small feat, but being aware of common challenges can help prepare healthcare organizations for successful health IT deployments.  Continue Reading

• 9 best practices for successful EHR implementation

  Successful EHR implementation requires meticulous planning, strong communication and effective training to navigate complexities and ensure a smooth transition.  Continue Reading

• Key challenges for the California Data Exchange Framework

  While California's Data Exchange Framework (DxF) aims to enhance statewide data sharing, success hinges on integrating community-based organizations and focusing on specific use cases.  Continue Reading

• How ambient AI can improve the patient-provider relationship

  Ambient AI technology is helping Ochsner Health improve patient-provider relationships by allowing clinicians to spend consultation time looking at their patients rather than a computer screen.  Continue Reading

• Top considerations when selecting an EHR vendor

  Key considerations for selecting an EHR vendor include assessing practice needs, conducting a thorough market scan and evaluating the total cost of ownership.  Continue Reading

• The promise and perils of GenAI in clinical documentation

  Generative AI in clinical documentation can ease EHR burdens and enhance patient communication, but issues with accuracy necessitate careful provider review.  Continue Reading

• Closing LGBTQ care gaps with self-reported SOGI data

  A specialty clinic in California is advancing LGBTQ care through a digital tool that allows patients to self-report sensitive information, including SOGI data.  Continue Reading

• Inside UW Health's generative AI pilot for nurse efficiency

  UW Health nurses are piloting a generative AI tool that drafts responses to patient messages to improve clinical efficiency during ongoing staffing shortages.  Continue Reading

• How DirectTrust is embracing fax for health data exchange

  Industry stakeholders are working with DirectTrust to create a data standard for secure cloud fax to address health data exchange barriers and enhance data security.  Continue Reading

• 3 health IT challenges facing home health agencies

  While home health agencies face distinct health IT challenges, collaboration and innovation are crucial for overcoming these barriers and delivering high-quality care.  Continue Reading

• How Providence is streamlining quality reporting with FHIR

  Providence is using FHIR standards to streamline payer-provider data exchange, enhancing quality reporting and reimbursement while reducing administrative burdens.  Continue Reading

• How TEFCA could drive payer-provider interoperability

  While TEFCA has the potential to enhance payer-provider interoperability, its success hinges on addressing trust issues and navigating complexities in data exchange.  Continue Reading

• How an integrated EHR can simplify practice operations, RCM

  Integrated EHR offerings with revenue cycle management (RCM) technology and AI features can help streamline operations for independent physician practices.  Continue Reading

• 3 use cases for generative AI in healthcare documentation

  Generative AI in healthcare offers promise for tasks such as clinical documentation, but clear regulations and standards are needed to maximize benefits and minimize risks.  Continue Reading

• HIE launches free ADT service to expand health data exchange

  A nonprofit HIE in California is offering a free ADT notification service to boost compliance with the state's health data exchange framework and improve care coordination.  Continue Reading

• How The Sequoia Project is promoting health data usability

  The Sequoia Project's Taking Root Initiative is looking to address health data usability issues across the industry, ranging from human factors to technical challenges.  Continue Reading

• How Regenstrief and HL7 are driving SDOH data standards

  The Regenstrief Foundation has committed $4.4 million toward an expanded partnership with the HL7 Gravity Project to create SDOH data standards.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• 3 EHR training best practices for clinician satisfaction

  By providing specialty-specific EHR training, using e-learning modules, and encouraging ongoing EHR education, healthcare organizations can help promote clinician satisfaction.  Continue Reading

• Six Interoperability Use Cases for APIs in Health Data Exchange

  While barriers to the use of APIs in health data exchange exist, there are several promising use cases for healthcare, including SDOH interoperability.  Continue Reading

• How Health Informatics, HIE Can Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change

  With increasing instances of extreme weather, health informatics researchers are looking to leverage HIE to support public health in the context of climate change.  Continue Reading

• How 4 EHR Vendors Are Leveraging Generative AI in Clinical Workflows

  Generative AI is generating a lot of buzz across the healthcare industry, with EHR vendors introducing tools to streamline clinical workflows and administrative tasks.  Continue Reading

• How Regenstrief Is Linking Dental & EHR Data to Drive Clinical Research

  A Regenstrief study that connected dental and EHR data has sparked further clinical research into a potential biomarker for Sjögren's, a chronic autoimmune disorder.  Continue Reading

• How Case Western is Prioritizing Epic EHR Training for Medical Students

  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is the first medical school to leverage Lyceum, an Epic EHR training platform designed for first-year medical students.  Continue Reading

• What Role Does the EHR Play in Clinical Informatics?

  EHR data can aid clinical informatics research through streamlined clinical trial recruitment, public health surveillance, and health IT analytics.  Continue Reading

• How Clinical Ambient Intelligence Can Address Clinician Burnout

  While clinical ambient intelligence could mitigate clinician burnout, organizations must leverage an implementation strategy that promotes interconnectivity, according to a Forrester analyst.  Continue Reading

• Understanding Cloud-Based EHR Platforms and Their Benefits

  As the digital health transformation progresses, cloud-based EHR platforms could hold the key to health IT scalability for provider organizations.  Continue Reading

• Are Medical Specialty Societies Key to Advancing Health Data Standards?

  Medical specialty societies are well-suited to drive consensus on health data standards, as they include a diverse sampling of representatives from the field.  Continue Reading

• How a Behavioral Health Center Uses HIE to Drive Patient-Centered Care

  Connecting to an HIE has helped a behavioral health center in Connecticut drive patient-centered care through real-time alerts and streamlined data access.  Continue Reading

• 3 User-Centered Design Practices to Drive EHR Usability, Optimization

  Employing user-centered design practices can help healthcare organizations pinpoint clinical workflow challenges to improve EHR usability.  Continue Reading

• What Are the Four Levels of Health Data Interoperability?

  According to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), health data interoperability has four levels: foundational, structural, semantic, and organizational.  Continue Reading

• How Will Information Blocking Enforcement Drive Interoperability?

  Enforcement of the ONC interoperability rule has begun, with civil monetary penalties of up to $1 million per information blocking violation.  Continue Reading

• How NCQA is Driving Health Equity Through Inclusive HEDIS Measures

  NCQA recently removed gendered language from several HEDIS measures to drive care access and health equity for LGBTQ+ individuals.  Continue Reading

• How HIE Tools Can Bridge the SDOH Data Interoperability Gap

  Across the nation, HIE networks are advancing SDOH data interoperability with community-based organizations to support value-based care.  Continue Reading

• The Role of MPI Tools in Health Data Interoperability, Patient Matching

  Master patient index (MPI) tools aim to help healthcare organizations improve health data interoperability and patient matching for care coordination.  Continue Reading

• How an HIE Tool Helped an FQHC Boost Care Coordination

  A query-based HIE solution helped an FQHC improve cervical cancer screening rates by 23 percent while streamlining care coordination workflows.  Continue Reading

• Using EHR Data to Advance Chronic Disease Surveillance, Public Health

  Regenstrief researchers are working with local public health partners to share EHR data for chronic disease surveillance through the state HIE.  Continue Reading

• How Clinician Perceptions of EHR Use Can Drive EHR Innovation

  Qualitative EHR use research can help researchers gather insight on what to target for quantitative analysis and better inform EHR innovation.  Continue Reading

• How OCHIN Is Advancing Community Health Through Health IT Workforce Training

  OCHIN recently received a $15M grant from the state of California to train 275 individuals to join the health IT workforce across community health centers.  Continue Reading

• How a Statewide HIE Streamlines Care Coordination for Children in Foster Care

  A partnership between DCFS and the Arkansas statewide HIE is helping improve care coordination for children in foster care through automated reports.  Continue Reading

• How HL7 FHIR APIs Are Driving Healthcare Innovation, Interoperability

  With use cases across clinical care, research, health information exchange (HIE), and public health, HL7 FHIR APIs span the healthcare innovation spectrum.  Continue Reading

• Who are the TEFCA Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) Candidates?

  The TEFCA QHIN applicants' health information networks collectively process billions of annual transactions across all fifty states.  Continue Reading

• UCSF Looks to EHR Integration of Dental Records for Patient-Centered Care

  An EHR integration at UCSF that merges medical and dental records is set to enhance patient-centered care delivery and foster innovation.  Continue Reading

• How An HIE Approaches Continuous Patient Data Quality Improvement

  An HIE in Tennessee has tapped an AI-based platform to reduce duplicate patient EHRs as part of its patient data quality improvement efforts.  Continue Reading

• How a Customized EHR Implementation with RCM Boosted Practice Growth

  Marrying revenue cycle management (RCM) and clinical workflows through a customized EHR implementation helped a pain management practice streamline efficiencies.  Continue Reading

• How EHR Integrations Can Tailor Patient Outreach for Value-Based Care

  EHR integrations can help healthcare organizations conduct patient outreach to support value-based care delivery and improve population health.  Continue Reading

• What Distinguishes HIEs From Health Data Utilities (HDUs)?

  Reshaping the nation's HIEs as state-designated health data utilities (HUDs) offers distinct advantages for public health, according to HIE officials.  Continue Reading

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Cases to Mitigate Clinician Burnout

  Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can automate administrative tasks to help address clinician burnout and give providers more time to deliver patient-centered care.  Continue Reading

• EHR Optimization, Clinical Automation Top Health IT Priorities Next Year

  Health IT vendor executives say that healthcare organizations will look to EHR optimization and clinical automation in 2023 to address clinician burnout.  Continue Reading

• What Are HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability (FHIR) Accelerators?

  HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability (FHIR) accelerators aim to advance health data exchange for various use cases, like genomic data sharing.    Continue Reading

• How a Primary Care EHR Integration Enhanced SDOH Documentation

  Adding a social determinants of health (SDOH) screening EHR integration has tripled SDOH documentation within patient records at Memorial Primary Care.  Continue Reading

• How California Is Approaching HIE to Improve Statewide Interoperability

  New state legislation aims to enhance interoperability through a statewide HIE that will include clinical and social determinants of health (SDOH) data.  Continue Reading

• How AI Scribe Technology Can Cut Clinician Burnout from EHR Documentation

  A New York FQHC adopted an AI-based EHR documentation service from eClinicalWorks to alleviate clinician burnout after its on-site scribe service went virtual due to COVID-19.  Continue Reading

• Federal Policy Drives Healthcare API Adoption, But EHR Data Barriers Persist

  Barriers to API adoption for digital health companies include a lack of realistic clinical testing data and EHR data fragmentation.  Continue Reading

• ACOs Call on ONC, EHR Vendors for CMS eCQM Reporting Support

  ACOs often work with many EHR vendors, so eCQM reporting requires major investment in data aggregation tools.  Continue Reading

• Using CDS Alerts to Drive Patient Safety, Opioid Stewardship

  Implementing clinical decision support (CDS) alerts for opioid stewardship helped Fort Healthcare improve patient safety by increasing the rate of naloxone prescriptions.  Continue Reading

• How AZ Drives Health Equity for American Indian Populations Through HIE

  The initiative aims to drive health equity by incentivizing IHS facilities to participate in the HIE with a 2.5 percent increase over the standard Medicaid reimbursement rate.  Continue Reading

• How HIEs Can Empower Patient Data Access, Boost Health Equity

  The Ciitizen Cures Gateway aims to help HIEs and other data providers support patient data access and comply with information blocking regulations.  Continue Reading

• How a Michigan HIE is Working Towards SDOH Interoperability

  Six social care referral vendors have signed a pledge with Michigan’s HIE to support SDOH data exchange and an interoperable social care environment.  Continue Reading

• Using EHR Data to Help Prevent Avoidable Hospital Transfers

  Regenstrief research scientists have piloted a tool for nursing homes that uses EHR data to retrospectively flag avoidable hospital transfers to support quality improvement.  Continue Reading

• EHR Vendor Epic Systems: Applying as TEFCA QHIN a ‘Logical Next Step’

  Epic is the first EHR vendor to announce its intention to participate in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) as a QHIN.  Continue Reading

• How Health Information Exchange Can Support Public Health, Equity

  While traditional patient care is a bread-and-butter HIE use case, public health organizations can also benefit from HIE, according to an Indiana HIE executive.  Continue Reading

• How Real-Time Prescription Benefit EHR Integrations Drive Price Transparency

  A real-time prescription benefit EHR integration is helping providers at Presbyterian Healthcare find treatment options that fit the needs, and wallets, of patients.  Continue Reading

• How a Unified EHR Implementation Can Boost Interoperability, Efficiencies

  An EHR implementation at a New Hampshire community hospital is set to enhance interoperability and the patient experience.  Continue Reading

• How Public Health Data Reporting Automation Supports Patient-Centered Care

  Fresenius Medical Care automated COVID-19 public health data reporting to drive patient-centered care and mitigate clinician burden, saving each clinic 8 hours per week.  Continue Reading

• How a National Patient ID Standard Could Boost Population Health

  Patient ID Now coalition members noted that a national patient ID standard could enhance population health through improved patient matching.  Continue Reading

• How Health Information Exchanges Boost Value-Based Care

  As providers look toward value-based care delivery, health information exchanges (HIEs) can support care coordination and population health management.  Continue Reading

• How EHR Functionality Can Support Gender-Affirming Care, Health Equity

  EHR vendor athenahealth released product enhancements to promote health equity for transgender and non-binary patients.  Continue Reading

• What Providers Should Know About the ONC Interoperability Rule

  Per the ONC interoperability rule, healthcare providers must share all electronic health information (EHI) by October 6, 2022.  Continue Reading

• 3 Use Cases for Health Data Interoperability in Patient-Centered Care

  Care coordination, advance care planning, and even dental HIE are critical use cases for how health data interoperability can support patient-centered care delivery.  Continue Reading

• Data Standards, Community Stewardship Key for SDOH Data Exchange

  According to the Gravity Project, data standards adoption is a foundational element of SDOH data exchange across social services and healthcare providers.  Continue Reading

• EHR Documentation Gender Differences Key to Address Clinician Burnout

  Female physicians spend a higher percentage of their EHR documentation time outside of work hours, highlighting clinician burnout concerns.  Continue Reading

• How Health Data Standards Support Healthcare Interoperability

  Adopting health data standards in a consistent and comprehensive manner will be key to enabling meaningful healthcare interoperability.  Continue Reading

• What Are the Benefits of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI)?

  Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) helps ensure EHR data is accurate for a variety of use cases, such as quality reporting and patient care delivery.  Continue Reading

• How HIEs Support Interoperability Use Cases for Payers, Providers

  ClinicalConnect Health Information Exchange (CCHIE) knows interoperability is important not only for providers, but for payers, too.  Continue Reading

• Care Org Taps EHR Integration to Improve FQHC Clinical Workflows

  Alliance Chicago has announced a partnership with a health IT vendor which is set to improve clinical workflows and boost clinician satisfaction.  Continue Reading

• MEDITECH EHR Implementation Supports Data Sharing During COVID-19

  A MEDITECH EHR implementation helped a health system earn a spot on the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired list for its data sharing abilities.  Continue Reading

• How Regenstrief’s Privacy-Preserving EHR Linkage Fuels Clinical Research

  NIH is leveraging Regenstrief’s privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL) technology for COVID-19 clinical research.  Continue Reading

• How Health IT Can Support ACO Healthcare Quality Improvement

  Some providers across the ACO increased their healthcare quality score by over 20 percent just two weeks into the health IT implementation.  Continue Reading

• How Cloud-Based EHR Implementations Support Primary Care Delivery

  Using technology from athenahealth, a primary care company serving employer customers nationwide has been able to scale a cloud-based EHR implementation.  Continue Reading

• How EHR Vendor Partnerships Fuel Healthcare Quality Improvements

  EHR vendor Cerner and MU Healthcare’s partnership fosters collaboration between clinicians and health IT professionals for care quality improvements.  Continue Reading

• How Proprietary EHR Implementation Services Promote Health IT Value

  MEDITECH’s proprietary EHR implementation service aims to enhance customer-vendor communication and support advanced health IT applications.  Continue Reading

• Benefits, Challenges of Using EHR Data for Clinical Research

  Leveraging EHR data for clinical research is promising, but a lack of data standards present challenges for research usability.  Continue Reading

• How EHR Vendor Population Health Tools Support Care Coordination

  A population health tool from EHR vendor athenahealth leverages data analytics to highlight care gaps and support care coordination.  Continue Reading

• Ambient Clinical Intelligence: What It Means for the EHR Industry

  Ambient clinical intelligence could help relieve clinician burden and streamline EHR clinical documentation processes through machine learning.  Continue Reading

• How SO/GI Data Standards Can Boost EHR Documentation, Health Equity

  Data standards for sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) EHR documentation could help boost care quality for gender-marginalized patients.  Continue Reading

• Stages of Health Information Exchange Implementation

  Providers and health IT professionals across the country are demanding health information exchange, but developing a sufficient infrastructure is challenging.  Continue Reading

• Top EHR Usability Challenges and How to Overcome Them

  Inappropriate EHR alerts, cognitive support matters, and objective encounters are a few of the top EHR usability challenges that health IT professionals encounter.  Continue Reading

• Combating Health Inequities Through EHR Data Collection

  A lack of standardization can lead to gaps and inaccuracies in EHR data collection, resulting in inequitable care delivery. But providers are finding ways to overcome this challenge to deliver more equitable care to patients.  Continue Reading

• Exploring 3 Levels of Health Information Exchange, Data Access

  Health information exchanges across the country are boosting interoperability by connecting at the state, regional, and national levels.  Continue Reading

• Integrating Social Determinants of Health into the EHR

  Addressing social determinant requires integration of this information into the EHR. Otherwise, providers will not be able to use it for clinical decision-making.  Continue Reading

• 3 Strategies to Enhance EHR Usability Through EHR Optimization

  Being able to adapt and optimize new EHR technology is crucial to the future of EHR usability.  Continue Reading

• How to Design a Comprehensive EHR Usability Assessment

  Performing an EHR usability assessment can support effective EHR optimization projects for healthcare organizations.  Continue Reading

• 3 Keys to a Successful Value-Based Care Implementation

  Success in value-based care hinges on support for providers, long-term quality improvement, and alignment of resources and goals.  Continue Reading

• Wearable health technology and HIPAA: What is and isn't covered

  Healthcare data many think is protected by HIPAA may not be. With wearable health technology, some experts are concerned by what's not covered.  Continue Reading