Healthcare Innovation March 29, 2021
David Raths

By aligning state program requirements with federal standards, states can facilitate improved compliance and usability through APIs and timely data sharing

The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices has developed recommendations for ways state governments can galvanize electronic health information sharing.

The goal of the new NGA white paper is to share strategies governors and other state leaders can pursue to expand access to data and technology that will improve health and wellbeing across the country. The paper includes a set of state considerations, examples from states that have leveraged policy opportunities, sample use cases, and financing strategies.

The NGA notes that for new entrants and smaller providers, providing funding for shared technical services may help providers...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, States, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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