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What You Should Know: – The ONC released the first ONC Standards Bulletin, a new communication tool ONC will use to periodically update the healthcare industry about ONC health IT standards and policy initiatives.…

This article offers a table that compiles the original and revised compliance dates for the Cures Act Final Rule, as well as a table that summarizes the revised timelines for certain 2015 certification criteria. . Source link

Providers, certified IT developers and HIEs should "be on the lookout" for upcoming adjustments in certain timelines, said Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack. Source link

Chesapeake Regional Information System, MedStar Health Research Institute and other LEAP in Health IT awardees will launch new projects focused on use of FHIR and other exchange specs across a variety of use cases. Source link

This week's top stories include the ONC offering new funding for state and local HIE innovation, a decline in healthcare M&A transactions and Medtronic's plans to buy connected insulin pen startup Companion Medical. Source link…

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In addition, broader embrace of APIs and more concerted strategy for patient matching could help public health agencies combat the pandemic and boost pop health. Source link

As healthcare organizations grapple with the coronavirus crisis, new flexibility includes three to six months of enforcement discretion for some – but not all – compliance dates. Source link

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The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT this morning finalized its long-awaited rule on information blocking. The interim final rule solidifies the information blocking provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act.…

The nine National Health IT Priorities for Research are meant set an agenda that will enable medical research to happen more quickly and effectively, officials say. Source link

Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow providers to focus on patients. Source link

Also: Ooda Health's CEO shuffle; CMMI's new director. Source link

They'll create and update new standards, profiles and implementation guides, helping to transition to more modern APIs that make it easier to  exchange data securely via smartphone. Source link

The nonprofit interoperability group will lead development, implementation and maintenance of the common agreement aspects the the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. Source link

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT says it's seeking public input and recommendations before it takes a "snapshot" of its Interoperability Standards Advisory toward the end of the year. Source link

In its comments on the agencies' interoperability rules, HIMSS said FHIR v.4 should be required for certification – but cautioned against too broad a definition of EHI and said to slow requirements for payer trusted exchange network…

The members of the HIMSS EHR Association support the rules' goals – but say that as drafted they go beyond Congress' intent for 21st Century Cures, are too loosely defined, have too tight a timeline and require too much IP sharing. Source…

The Medical Group Management Association also has concerns about security risks that might be associated with the proposed rules, and says they go "too far, too fast." Source link