HealthIT Answers January 3, 2024
2023 was another year for big announcements about interoperability. To name a few:
- ONC and The Sequoia Project Designate First TEFCA QHINs
- ONC finalized its Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) rule.
- Proposed Rule: 21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking
- HHS-OIG: Information Blocking Final Rule released and posted its final rule implementing information blocking penalties to its website in June 2023.
But is this moving the needle? Are we closer to true, secure, and national interoperability? Here is what the experts say. And check out all our prediction posts looking to 2024.
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