Silo Busting: The Challenges and Success Factors for Sharing Intergovernmental Data

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The work of knitting together large government data systems so that they seamlessly connect and provide customer-friendly services to the public is difficult yet achievable and valuable. If this type of data sharing was easy, every

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Using Administrative Big Data to Solve Problems in Social Science and Policy Research

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This article describes an explosion in the availability of individual-level public administrative data in the United States and worldwide. These datasets can be used as stand-alone resources or linked across different sources. These new res

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Person Matching for Greater Interoperability: A Case Study for Payers

The Sequoia Project patient identity management experts partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield System to apply A Framework for Cross-Organizational Patient Identity Management to the payer community and develop person matching strategies across its 36

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10 Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability Principles for Providers

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• November 18, 2020 - Stakeholders and healthcare professionals across the country developed 10 patient data sharing principles. These principles intend to help guide health organizations and universities toward the appropriate use of data

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How Social Determinants Data Can Enhance Machine Learning Tools

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• To help providers identify primary care patients with social risks, researchers at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University turned to machine learning technology. The team developed Uppstroms, a machine learning application that iden

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Effective patient matching is fundamental to interoperability

There is new momentum around finding more effective means of patient identity and matching, and Verato CEO Mark LaRow says the company's referential matching technology can help.

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Siloed approaches to social determinants of health aren't enough

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Alliance for Better Health CEO Dr. Jacob Reider discusses the data and IT demands of coordinating SDOH efforts – and the imperative to serve underserved communities, where effects from COVID-19 will be felt long after the pandemic has subsided

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Sequoia Project sets sights on semantic interoperability with new guidance effort

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• The Sequoia Project announced Wednesday that it's forming a new Data Usability Workgroup to continue removing barriers to interoperability, and is calling for participants in advance of its first meeting later this month.
• The workgroup,

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New framework helps streamline EHR data extraction

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• The framework, which the researchers call FIDDLE (Flexible Data-Driven Pipeline), has the power to greatly speed up EHR data preprocessing and assist machine learning (ML) practitioners working with health data, according to a study publ

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Cerner unveils new interoperability tools, as CEO Brent Shafer says 'innovation is accelerating'

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• At the 35th annual Cerner Health Conference, which launched virtually on Tuesday, CEO Brent Shafer described the many ways the company has been helping providers around the world deliver high-quality healthcare more efficiently during t

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A Guide to Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Protect your electronic information and assets from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. Discover how to identify cyberthreats, understand best practices, and demystify laws and regulations related to cybersecurity in healthcare.

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Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

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• When the novel coronavirus began its spread across the United States, it transformed healthcare in its entirety. That includes the health IT sector, where EHR vendors had to brainstorm and develop new EHR implementation ideas.
• AdventHeal

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Can Social Informatics Improve Social Determinants of Health Data?

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• Gathering and integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) data are becoming more common, but the study of social informatics could help ease the integration process.
• The rise of value-based reimbursement has led the medical field to

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Could Customer Reviews Give Transparency into Health IT Tools?

Crowdsourced ratings face three key barriers to providing transparency for interoperability and health IT products, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).

From Yelp to Glassdoor, crowdso

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Zeroing in on Racial Health Disparities Related to Patient Matching

COVID-19 has shown the importance of patient matching, but gathering patient data from all ethnicities is not a simple matter.

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21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final regulations related to driving more interoperability and data exchange across the healthcare ecosystem. The purpose of th

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2020-2025 DRAFT Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

The draft of the National Coordinator's 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan is open for public comment until March 18, 2020. This plan defines a set of goals, objectives, and strategies the federal government intends to pursue to empower patie

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