DirectTrust released for public comment a white paper containing more than 50 recommendations aimed at the more than 350 EHR vendors and HIT products’ vendors that provide Direct Interoperability, urging them to significantly improve the usability of their products for secure, interoperable clinical messaging.
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The Sequoia Project, the leading independent advocate for nationwide health data sharing, announced the addition of six new members to its board of directors.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently posted new resources to the Quality Payment Program website to help eligible clinicians and data submission vendors successfully prepare to participate in the program.
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HITRUST announced the creation of a Threat Catalogue to aid healthcare organizations in improving their information security posture by better aligning cyber threats with HITRUST CSF risk factors and controls.
With this achievement, EHNAC is now approved to provide services using the HITRUST CSF, a comprehensive security framework that addresses a multitude of security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing healthcare organizations.
To ensure continued forward movement in adoption of electronic health information exchange and increased interoperability for care coordination, DirectTrust released a list of four recommendations for the new administration.