Match IT Act: A Good Start but Not Enough
The Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (Match IT) Act of 2024 was recently introduced in the House. Read our perspective in a new blog post.
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ONC HTI-1 Final Rule: A Public Health Perspective
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DM | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | Public Health | RCKMS
ONC has issued a final rule for health data, technology, and interoperability (HTI-1). This post comprehensively addresses the key subjects of the regulation from a public health standpoint.
Read more >TEFCA Updates: A Public Health Perspective
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
The Sequoia Project released draft versions of the Common Agreement and related technical and educational documents related to TEFCA, The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >Sequoia Releases 2.0 Version of FHIR Roadmap
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Planning | TEFCA
Sequoia released version 2 of its FHIR Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange. The plan calls for increasing levels of QHIN-provided services aimed at facilitating the exchange of data using the FHIR standard.
Read more >ONC Information Blocking NPRM: Should Public Health Care?
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking based on requirements in the 21st Century Cures Act. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >HLN Attends 2023 Sequoia National Meeting
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DM | EHR/PHR | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Open Source | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
HLN attended the Sequoia Project Annual Meeting held this year in San Diego. A public health viewpoint on the meeting and the advancements achieved in the TEFCA project is presented here.
Read more >HLN takes part in the ONC Tech Forum 2023
BY Mike Berry ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | Events | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | Technology
ONC held a two-day virtual workshop that highlighted the current state of public health data exchange across the US. HLN Consulting was a part of a panel that discussed modernizing public health data exchange.
Read more >HITAC Task Force Comments on ONC HTI-1 NPRM
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | Public Health | RCKMS
On June 15, 2023 the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Proposed Rule Task Force 2023 released its recommendations on proposed provisions to the ONC Health IT Certification Program. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >ONC HTI-1 NPRM Through Public Health Eyes
BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | ASTP/ONC | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DM | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Meaningful Use | Public Health | RCKMS
On April 18, 2023 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published for comment the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Proposed Rule which proposes new provisions from the 21st Century Cures Act and makes updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program). Here is a public health perspective.
Read more >Two New Federal Reports Released
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Public Health | RCKMS | TEFCA
Two new Federal reports were recently released that have a public health impact.
1. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its 2022 Report to Congress: Update on Access, Exchange, and Use of Electronic Health Information.
2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this month its Public Health Data Strategy: Public Health Data Goals and 2-Year Milestones.
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