Interoperability
United States Core Data for Interoperability Standard, version 4, a key resource for information blocking and interoperability compliance, is adding 20 new data elements and one new data class – facility information – to the previous standard set.
After legal pushback from providers and a veto of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority requirements, the OHCA Board approved emergency rules to encourage collaboration with the new statewide health information exchange that launched July 1.
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The CEO of CRISP discusses how health information exchanges, regional health networks and others are collaborating to build out the interoperability ecosystem and enable more effective sharing of critical clinical and public health data.
Eleven healthcare organizations have also joined the Data Usability Taking Root project, which is designed to improve the quality and actionability of health information received by end users within their workflows.
The agreement supports the use of the World Health Organization's international classifications and terminologies in the HL7 FHIR community and will provide a testing environment and standards documentation to member states.
The project will "bring machine learning to data" while protecting privacy and integrity.
If a healthcare provider is out of compliance with CMS requirements, OIG says it may refer the matter to that agency.
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