Interoperability

National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi also outlined his "wish list" for IT innovation at the DirectTrust Summit this week.

Healthcare lawyers weigh in about how to come into compliance with the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT's rules.

The New York health system integrates Language Line Solutions, Epic and Caregility to deliver telemedicine to its widely diverse patient population.

The two groups want more developers to achieve accreditation in the Trusted Dynamic Registration and Authorization Accreditation Program, and have chipped in to reduce the cost for devs who take part in the new CAQH Endpoint Directory.

It would put $6.5 billion toward the creation of an agency tasked with federal research and development geared toward healthcare innovation, and includes a $25 million raise for ONC.

MITRE this month proposed a comprehensive draft national strategy for digital health focusing on scaling healthcare services and addressing disparities in access.

Rita Bowen, vice president of privacy, compliance and HIM policy at MRO, discusses how the changes could affect healthcare provider organizations.

CAQH Senior Vice President April Todd discusses the council's new FHIR endpoint directory, as well as the challenges and opportunities as health plans get more used to API-based data exchange.

Dr. Blackford Middleton, physician expert in interoperability and standards, offers a deep dive into how provider organizations can gain more value from their EHR and IT investments.

Angel Mena, MD, and Steven Rube, MD, discuss the challenges of managing and sharing patient data post-pandemic and lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis.