Micky Tripathi, head of The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), thinks his office’s recent rule on AI transparency will spur greater adoption of AI tools in healthcare, as well as potentially drive higher quality AI-based products.
Proper data collection, analysis, and utilization has the potential to address long-standing health disparities and propel our healthcare system forward to serve all communities.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
EMR startup Canvas Medical recently raised $24 million in a Series B funding round and became the first EMR company founded in the past two decades to be federally certified by the ONC. The startup's customers are now eligible for value-based payment models in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will update data measuring physician use of health IT systems, as well as physician burden and interoperability.
The second draft of TEFCA outlines principles to support the nationwide exchange of health information, and comments are due on June 17, 2019.
Originally announced in May, the purpose of the contest was to tackle a major healthcare problem: aligning the patient data held by one provider with the same patient's data held by another.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
In an effort to reduce medical errors and potential misunderstandings, the New Jersey Innovation Institute is developing a "Master Person Index," which will serve as a master database of each New Jersey resident's health-related information.
The medical records request process is cumbersome for patients and health systems alike. In a recent report, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology detailed the problems with this process, as well as tips for improving it.
To gather feedback on its Proposed Interoperability Standards Measurement Framework, ONC has opened a public comment period, which closes July 31.
Outgoing national health IT coordinator Dr. Vindell Washington is optimistic that there is no going back on interoperability. "That kind of progress will be very difficult to veer from," he said.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Thanksgiving is Thursday, which, for those of us in the publishing business, means it is a slow news week. So we amuse ourselves reading things like health IT reports from the federal government.
Responses were mixed, which probably isn't that big of a deal, given that Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt said Friday that MACRA was a "living, breathing rule" intended to change over time.
The MACRA Quality Payment Program is spelled out in a massive rule, nearly 2,400 pages long, including the usual, long preamble explaining the rationale behind CMS decision-making.
This rule does not supplant the existing, much-criticized EHR certification program that has been in place since Meaningful Use came about in 2011.
Dr. Vindell Washington has been Dr. Karen DeSalvo's deputy since January. He previously was president of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Medical Group in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as CMIO of the health system.