Healthcare Innovation May 17, 2022
David Raths

By the end of 2022, all certified health IT vendors will be required to have FHIR-enabled versions, which stakeholders see as a significant development

People whose careers have focused on health IT interoperability issue can sometimes feel like Sisyphus from Greek mythology — doomed to the eternal punishment of forever rolling a boulder up a hill. But the last few years have been more promising, with the advent of the FHIR data standard and federal regulations requiring EHR vendors to use standardized application programming interfaces (APIs). Other regulations have opened up patient access to data in digital format and targeted “information blocking” by vendors, health systems and payers.

By the end of 2022, all certified health IT vendors will...

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Topics: Apps, ASTP/ONC, CMS, Cures Act, Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology
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