Healthcare IT News May 16, 2024
To gain insights into population health risks from aggregated data across multiple systems, the Electronic Health Record Association asks CMS to ensure risk standards are well defined under IPPS before expanding domain capture requirements.
The HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association recently analyzed how healthcare organizations collect social determinants of health information.
While EHRA’s Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity Task Force sees great value in using SDOH to help address healthcare disparities, it says a gradual transition toward more widespread adoption of standardized screeners – in sync with the health IT industry’s evolution and readiness to adopt new tools – is the correct approach.
WHY IT MATTERS
This past year, social determinant screenings were voluntary under the Centers...