EHR Intelligence August 17, 2018
A new CDC report found most providers engage in health data exchange to send referrals, lab results, and medication lists.
Advancing health data exchange is a top priority among stakeholders in the private and public sector.
Health IT companies including MEDITECH and Epic have made efforts to expand interoperability and promote health data exchange among users, while ONC is in the process of finalizing and implementing a trusted exchange framework and common agreement (TEFCA) to standardize exchange across the industry.
While much of the national dialogue in health IT use centers on data exchange, little is known about what kind of information providers most often send, receive, view, and value when engaging in the practice.