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Innovation
Executives for Health Innovation to Close Up Shop After 20+ Years
The organization has been instrumental in advancing healthcare innovation and technology strategies, including EHR adoption and health equity.
Technology
ONC Unveils Toolkit for SDOH Collection and Use
The 77-page toolkit includes four case studies and frequently-asked questions about how to identify, collect, analyze, and use social determinants...
Technology
HHS Names 6 HIEs as Qualified to Pursue TEFCA Integration.
Six healthcare organizations have been selected to implement and test the TEFCA standards as the next step in becoming Qualified...
Technology
ONC: Most IT Developers Have Met Cures Act Guidelines for APIs
More than 95% of certified healthcare IT developers met last year's deadline to upgrade interoperability standards as mandated in the...
Technology
ONC Data Brief Charts Impressive Increases in Healthcare Interoperability
The number of hospitals improving their EHR platforms to enable data sharing, especially from outside sources, has more than doubled...
Technology
FHIR APIs Will Accelerate Patient Information Access in 2023
In a lengthy interview with HealthLeaders, ONC Chief Micky Tripathi says simplified data exchange will benefit providers, patients, and even...
Technology
Healthcare Associations Seek Delay of Information Blocking Compliance Period
CHIME and others say hospitals and other providers are not ready and need more help from HHS.
Technology
ONC Chief Defends Health IT Investment Despite Cost of Ownership Concerns
In the second of a two-part interview, Micky Tripathi points to resources to optimize best practices, but says the ONC...
Technology
ONC Chief Lists Security as His Biggest Current Challenge
In a two-part interview, Micky Tripathi, the head of the Health and Human Services Department's Office of the National Coordinator...
Revenue Cycle
AAMC Urges Electronic Prior Authorization Reform
The organization wants to improve on administrative process delays often caused by payers.
Revenue Cycle
AHA Urges Judicious Approach to Regulating Streamlined Prior Authorization
In a letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the American Hospital Association (AHA)...
Technology
Bulk FHIR Will Change What Payers Expect From Providers
Former ONC chief Don Rucker and HL7 are championing a new form of healthcare IT interoperability.