EHI Releases Public Health Modernization Report
In May 2022 Executives for Health Innovation (EHI) released a new report, Creating a Modern Public Health System, generated by its Public Health Modernization Task Force.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON AIRA | CDC | COVID-19 | DMI | ONC | Public Health | TEFCA
In May 2022 Executives for Health Innovation (EHI) released a new report, Creating a Modern Public Health System, generated by its Public Health Modernization Task Force.
Read more >BY Lux Phatak ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | Events | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | TEFCA
The HLN Consulting team attended the ASTHO Public Health TechXpo 2022 and presented at the SolutionX breakout session. Over 1400 participants were registered for the TechXpo.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | TEFCA
On May 10, 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to changes in the Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | COVID-19 | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
The Sequoia Project released its Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup’s Pandemic Response Insights and Recommendations. The report has a strong public health focus and it provides succinct recommendations for pandemic preparedness.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Matching | ONC | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) started off the new year by releasing several new specifications supporting health information interoperability.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | ONC | Planning | TEFCA
On January 18, 2022 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) finally released version 1 of the Trusted Exchange Framework, Common Agreement and the QHIN (Qualified Health Information Network) Technical Framework (QTF). These documents represent the latest attempt at initiating a national health information exchange in the United States.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Events | HIE & Interoperability | ONC | Planning | TEFCA
HLN’s Noam Arzt and Michael Suralik attended the tenth ONC Annual Meeting held on January 27-28 in Washington, DC. More than 1,200 individuals attended in person supplemented by remote attendees for the plenary sessions. Throughout the two-day event, ONC provided interesting speakers, engaging panels on a variety of topics, and ample time to network with colleagues and friends.
Read more >BY Michael Suralik ON EHR/PHR | Events | HIE & Interoperability | ONC | TEFCA
On December 5, 2019, Michael Suralik, project manager at HLN, attended The Sequoia Project’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. TEFCA and Information Blocking were the big topics of the day. It was a very substantive meeting and there was vibrant back and forth discussion and exchange of ideas between and among the presenters and the other meeting participants.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Meaningful Use | ONC | Planning | TEFCA
On April 17, 2019 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the second draft of its Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) for comment. The initial version was released more than a year ago in January 2018. As before, this is in response to a requirement imposed by Congress in the 21st Century Cures Act.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Planning | TEFCA
On December 3, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an extensive, 120-page report on the administration’s proposals to reform the healthcare system. Though rich in detail as it tries to prove each of these points, the more than fifty recommendations are often broad and aspirational rather than practical.
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