Modern Healthcare September 25, 2019
Healthcare groups are urging the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to update its interoperability standards advisory to include information beyond its traditional focus on clinical care.
The ISA is a collection of agency-recognized interoperability standards and implementation specifications. It isn’t binding and is meant to be used as a reference of available standards. The ONC encourages healthcare stakeholders to use it, particularly to help pilot emerging standards and specifications.
The ONC plans to release its 2020 edition of the ISA in December, after reviewing feedback from provider and technology groups. Public comment on the most recent version of the ISA closed Monday.
Healthcare groups requested the ONC more clearly specify the voluntary nature of the ISA,...
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