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Innovation
HHS Extends Comment Period for Interoperability Proposed Rules to June 3
New documents also released for comment along with clarification of liability issue.
Innovation
ATA Takes Aim at Big Target: 'Telehealth Interoperability'
Telehealth organization provides leadership for the cause, putting health systems and payers in the 'driver's seat' to help remove barriers...
Innovation
St. Jude CIO Shares 4 Elements to Consider When Creating a Data-Sharing Cloud
Online data-sharing and collaboration platform has been accessed by 800 users since its launch last year, expediting pediatric genomic research...
Health IT Rules of the Road Must Be Clear, Senate Told
A Senate committee examines two proposed rules issued by CMS to make healthcare records more interoperable, including banning information blocking...
Clinical Care
New Rules Will Ease Patients' Access To Electronic Medical Records, Senate Panel Says
The rules proposed by HHS take aim at data blocking, in which tech companies or health systems limit the sharing...
Clinical Care
FDA Chief Calls For Stricter Scrutiny Of Electronic Health Records
Secretary Scott Gottlieb said Congress would need to enact legislation to define when an electronic health record would require government...
Innovation
HIMSS Weighs in on HHS Interoperability Proposals: 8 Takeaways
Costs could stifle innovation, new requirements could add to provider burden, and the President's budget blueprint might not provide the...
Innovation
Death By A Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong
The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make healthcare better, safer, and cheaper. Ten...
Innovation
Involve Docs in Using Health Data, Expert Tells Health Insurers
The reams of data on patient healthcare won't do any good if it's not given to clinicians to act on...
Clinical Care
Diagnostic Errors, Managing Patient Data Top ECRI's Patient Safety List Again
A new report from the nonprofit patient safety organization pinpoints risks from EHRs, mobile health, behavioral health, clinician burnout, and...
Clinical Care
AMA Wants More Time to Vet Interoperability, Information Blocking Proposals
The nation's largest physicians' association warns that the proposed rules 'may lead to unintended consequences for patient privacy and physician...
Innovation
Interoperability Commentary: Want to Do Something About It?
Sequoia Project and ONC offer resources to help organizations understand and comment on HHS' Proposed Interoperability Ruling by the May...