Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

Availity Responds to CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule with Advanced Solutions for Healthcare Interoperability

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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The Final Rule aims to enhance interoperability and streamline the prior authorization process by mandating certain health plans to implement specific Health Level Seven International® (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) APIs.

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  • The Final Rule aims to enhance interoperability and streamline the prior authorization process by mandating certain health plans to implement specific Health Level Seven International® (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) APIs.
  • The Final Rule requires health plans to support a FHIR API for prior authorization by Jan. 1, 2027.
  • The Final Rule requires provider organizations to attest to utilizing a Prior Authorization API to submit at least one authorization request in 2027.
  • Providers will be able to connect to Availity to access the Prior Authorization API for multiple payers.

eClinicalWorks EHR Receives HRSA Approval for UDS+ Submissions for Health Centers Nationwide

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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eClinicalWorks is now a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--approved EHR vendor for UDS+ submissions and is actively working with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) to begin voluntary testing for the various HRSA-determined Cohorts.

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240325586555/en/
    The Uniform Data System Modernization (UDS) initiative aims to help health centers streamline annual reporting, improve data quality, and comply with interoperability standards and regulations.
  • UDS+ helps community health centers better track, analyze, and report quality care reporting, which can help improve practice efficiency and aid in data-driven decisions.
  • eClinicalWorks is now a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--approved EHR vendor for UDS+ submissions and is actively working with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) to begin voluntary testing for the various HRSA-determined Cohorts.
  • As the vendor of choice for over 800, or roughly 60% of the nation’s health centers, eClinicalWorks offers comprehensive, unified solutions to meet their unique needs, including medical, dental, behavioral health, OBGYN, and vision care.

Netsmart Showcases AI Innovations and Industry-Leading Interoperability at HIMSS 2024

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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Additionally, attendees can discover the decade-long interoperability leadership, employing the latest data standards, including Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®).

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  • Additionally, attendees can discover the decade-long interoperability leadership, employing the latest data standards, including Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®).
  • “Netsmart has maintained an industry-leading presence at HIMSS for more than a decade, highlighting interoperability and technology for community-based providers,” said Netsmart COO Tom Herzog.
  • Our impactful innovations go beyond AI, advancing interoperability, care coordination and have made great strides to becoming a qualified health information network (QHIN), which can benefit community-based providers across the nation."
  • The Interoperability Showcase is located in booth #3760-37 and tours will run during the following hours:
    Schedule a meeting with Netsmart or visit the Interoperability Showcase and AWS booth in Orlando, March 12-14 to experience how Netsmart is accelerating interoperability, AI and automation technology to better connect community organizations to care delivery.

Datavant Achieves Milestone as Only Data Logistics Organization to Attain NCQA Data Aggregator Validator Program

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Datavant — the nation’s largest health data retrieval organization that protects, connects, and delivers the world’s health data — announced today that it has earned the Validated Data Stream designation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) through their Data Aggregator Validation program.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Datavant — the nation’s largest health data retrieval organization that protects, connects, and delivers the world’s health data — announced today that it has earned the Validated Data Stream designation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) through their Data Aggregator Validation program.
  • Since its launch in 2021, 34 organizations have completed the program, but Datavant is the first data logistics organization to achieve this milestone.
  • "Most interoperability discussions focus on technical challenges, like formats for data exchange," says NCQA Chief Product Officer Brad Ryan.
  • "Data Aggregator Validation is about something bigger: ensuring people across organizations can trust the data that drives high-quality care and value-based reimbursements."

HHS’ Andrea Palm and ONC’s Micky Tripathi To Keynote The Sequoia Project and Carequality Joint Annual Meeting

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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The keynotes are set for its 2023 Annual Meeting with Carequality , the non-profit trusted framework for nationwide health information exchange.

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  • The keynotes are set for its 2023 Annual Meeting with Carequality , the non-profit trusted framework for nationwide health information exchange.
  • Tripathi will address perspectives from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
  • Palm will discuss perspectives from HHS at 10 a.m. on Nov. 16 in San Diego.
  • The Sequoia Project and Carequality joint annual meeting runs Nov. 15-17.

Informatica Broadens Relationship with AWS, Announces Deeper Integrations Across Generative AI, AWS HealthLake and Amazon S3

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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With Amazon Bedrock now generally available, Informatica has taken steps to develop deeper integrations with the generative AI service.

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  • With Amazon Bedrock now generally available, Informatica has taken steps to develop deeper integrations with the generative AI service.
  • Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that makes foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies accessible via an API to build and scale generative AI applications.
  • Informatica has been named an Launch Partner for Amazon S3 Access Grants, a new Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) access control feature that helps customers manage Amazon S3 permissions for their data lakes at scale, with detailed audit history in AWS CloudTrail for end-user access to Amazon S3.
  • Stored in Amazon S3 through IDMC’s Cloud Data Marketplace and automated policy provisioning, the integration improves simplified self-service access to Amazon S3 data while still providing enterprise-scale governance guardrails.

Darena Solutions, Leidos and SLI Compliance Announce Strategic Initiative to Launch Healthcare Apps Verification Program with Focus on AI

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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This new program aims to bridge this gap, offering developers, providers, and end-users support for safe, effective, and seamless AI application integration and deployment.

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  • This new program aims to bridge this gap, offering developers, providers, and end-users support for safe, effective, and seamless AI application integration and deployment.
  • Leidos and SLI Compliance recognize the transformative potential of AI in healthcare.
  • "SLI Compliance is grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Darena Solutions in leveraging their MeldRx platform in the verification of AI applications using SMART on FHIR.
  • The initiative will focus on:
    Vetting AI Apps: Reviewing AI-driven apps for alignment with clinical, technical, and ethical standards.

Medidata Announces New Data Integration Solutions to Accelerate Clinical Trials: Clinical Data Studio and Health Record Connect

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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Medidata , a Dassault Systèmes company and leading provider of clinical trial solutions to the life sciences industry, today announced new experiences for enhancing and streamlining clinical data workflows: Clinical Data Studio and Health Record Connect.

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  • Medidata , a Dassault Systèmes company and leading provider of clinical trial solutions to the life sciences industry, today announced new experiences for enhancing and streamlining clinical data workflows: Clinical Data Studio and Health Record Connect.
  • Clinical Data Studio is an advanced, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced data experience built upon Medidata’s unified platform to streamline data integration, standardization, and management across many use cases.
  • Health Record Connect, used with Medidata Rave Companion, a data entry assistant, enables clinical trial sites to complete Medidata Rave EDC forms significantly faster using existing patient health record data.
  • Clinical Data Studio and Health Record Connect are planned for availability in the first half of 2024 and are part of Medidata’s broader, industry-leading unified platform for clinical research that has supported over 30,000 studies.

MyDirectives’ Senior VP Lisa Nelson Honored with the Prestigious HL7 “Volunteer of the Year” Award

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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MyDirectives’ Senior Vice President of Enterprise Integrations Lisa Nelson has been honored with the prestigious HL7 Volunteer of the Year Award.

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  • MyDirectives’ Senior Vice President of Enterprise Integrations Lisa Nelson has been honored with the prestigious HL7 Volunteer of the Year Award.
  • The award, presented by the not-for-profit Health Level Seven International Organization, recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions towards this goal.
  • Seen here (l-r) Dr. Hammond presents the award to this year’s recipient, MyDirectives’ Senior Vice President of Enterprise Integrations Lisa Nelson.
  • Her fingerprints are all over the work that has been done on advance directives, portable medical orders, and care plans at HL7.

eHealth Exchange Unveils Exciting Agenda for 2023 Annual Meeting

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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VIENNA, Va., Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eHealth Exchange , one of the nation’s oldest and largest health information networks, is thrilled to announce the agenda for its highly anticipated 2023 Annual Meeting scheduled to take place on November 14th in San Diego, CA.

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  • VIENNA, Va., Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eHealth Exchange , one of the nation’s oldest and largest health information networks, is thrilled to announce the agenda for its highly anticipated 2023 Annual Meeting scheduled to take place on November 14th in San Diego, CA.
  • This year’s event promises to be a captivating blend of thought leadership, innovation and collaboration among healthcare and health IT professionals, government partners, and health information exchange stakeholders nationwide.
  • In addition to the engaging keynote and informative sessions, the eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting will provide many networking opportunities for current and potential health information exchange partners:
    Executive Director Jay Nakashima is hosting an informal happy hour the evening before for attendees arriving early.
  • The eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting will be in-person at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego, CA, on November 14, 2023.