By Gopal Khanna MBA – As the Nation continues to reel from the opioid crisis—a public health epidemic that claims at least 130 lives per day—we continue to look for ways to limit the damage.
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Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC. Including updates on HIMSS. the ONC Annual Meeting, and Draft Health IT Strategic Plan.
The Sequoia Project, in their role as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Recognized Coordinating Entity, announced it will form a work group to inform the RCE’s efforts in developing the Common Agreement.
New innovations in technology promote patient access and could make no-cost health data exchange a reality for millions. HSS proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information.
The deadline to submit 2019 data for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program is March 2, 2020.
CMS has posted the following new Quality Payment Program (QPP) resources to the QPP Resource Library to help clinicians understand how to participate in QPP in the 2020 performance period:
By Eric D. Hargan – Meeting the challenge posed by non-communicable diseases will require collaboration across public and private sectors, leveraging the strengths of each.
By Thomas A. Mason MD – The ONC is releasing an updated version the Health IT Playbook, a tool to help clinical practices reduce the burden of EHRs and make the most of their health IT investment. The Playbook is an intuitive, easy to navigate…
The Sequoia Project-Led Industry Workgroup Provides Actionable Implementation Guidance and Feedback