AHIMA October 5, 2020
Even as we all have been experiencing uncertainty, upheavals, and loss from the COVID-19 public health crisis, surprising momentum toward interoperability has occurred in key areas of healthcare delivery.
Interoperability rules have been changing quickly, with numerous iterations since January 2020 alone. Even as we all have been experiencing uncertainty, upheavals, and loss from the COVID-19 public health crisis, surprising momentum toward interoperability has occurred in key areas of healthcare delivery, making rapid progress in just a few short months, the increased use of direct protocols to report hospital-acquired infections to the CDC and tackling telemedicine challenges with lightweight SMART-on-FHIR apps.
In the midst of the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final interoperability rule...