HealthIT Answers January 20, 2025
By Micky Tripathi, William Gordon, Liz Turi, and Claire Kihn, ASTP/ONC
Recognizing the importance of seamless data exchange in oncology, six health IT vendors have committed to supporting USCDI+ Cancer data elements (two more organizations pledged to promote cancer-related activities in their work), marking a significant step toward a more interoperable and standardized healthcare system. The White House announced these activities in March, 2024 to improve cancer care through enhanced utilization of EHR data, highlighting ASTP’s efforts around the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI), USCDI+ Cancer program, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM). The goal of this work is to standardize essential cancer-related clinical data elements within EHRs to improve interoperability,...
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