Healthcare IT News May 5, 2022
The Connected Health Initiative stressed the importance of seamless information exchange throughout the care continuum in a letter to National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.
The Connected Health Initiative, a coalition of industry stakeholders, weighed in this past week about a new U.S. Core Data for Interoperability draft from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
CHI – whose steering committee includes the American Medical Association and Healthcare IT News parent company HIMSS along with Boston Children’s Hospital, GW Hospital, UC Davis and the University of New Orleans, among other industry heavy-hitters – urged ONC and other policymakers to adopt frameworks that encourage mobile health innovation and keep sensitive health data secure.
“We believe ONC shares CHI’s vision...