Health information exchanges (HIEs) serve a critical function in health data networks to support interoperable access and delivery of clinical information. I recently led a virtual panel with three senior HIE leaders from across the U.S. for the Journal of AHIMA to...
Admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) feeds generate data about a patient’s healthcare encounter when they are admitted, discharged, and/or transferred from one care setting to another care setting or back home. This information can be automatically sent to the...
On April 7, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with CommonWell Health Alliance to discuss the future of HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-based transactions. It was a privilege to discuss how the Audacious Inquiry partnership with FHIR has...
Hospital readmissions continue to be a significant patient-safety issue that plagues the healthcare industry. Despite the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) in 2012, the 30-day...
Lindsey Ferris, DrPH, acts as a senior advisor at Maryland-based CRISP (Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients), a regional health information exchange (HIE), and is an advisor to the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability, a collection of...
If the first month of 2022 is preview for how the rest of the year will shape up, we are in for an exciting ride on the healthcare interoperability track. On January 7th, efforts to standardize health data took a major leap forward with the release of Project US@, a...
On January 18th, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Recognized Coordinating Entity, the Sequoia Project (“RCE”), pushed TEFCA forward in a major way with the release of the initial Common Agreement, QHIN...
