EHR Intelligence December 3, 2018
HIE adoption can help healthcare organizations increase rates of health data exchange and succeed in federal incentive programs.
After years of frustration among stakeholders over the lack of complete, timely health data exchange across the healthcare sector, CMS is taking a firm stance on interoperability with its Promoting Interoperability programs.
CMS announced its decision to rebrand the EHR Incentive Programs (i.e., meaningful use) as Promoting Interoperability in Spring 2018. The new name is emblematic of the federal agency’s focus on encouraging hospitals and health systems to increase rates of health data exchange for better-informed care delivery.
While the effects of the federal agency’s efforts to increase interoperability remain to be seen, industry stakeholders are largely supportive of the federal agency’s...
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