Interoperability

Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, payers must send prior authorization decisions within 7 days and expedited decisions within 72 hours.

Telemedicine delivers health equity and improved patient outcomes.

Where updates have been made, patient satisfaction has increased, she says.

The panelists highlighted digital health investments, innovation, interoperability and integration.

A new initiative seeks to improve the lack of health data sharing among vulnerable youths.

Three months after announcing its intention to become a Qualified Health Information Network under TEFCA, the company is now taking official steps to participate in the nationwide healthcare interoperability framework.

The presence of hospital outcome data on EMS patient care reports in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System database improved in 2024. Data exchange progress is good news for patient care and could ultimately improve health outcomes.

A Florida hospital is leveraging a unique radio frequency identification (RFID) solution to keep track of medications used to support their hospital at home program.

The organization shines a light on technical and other challenges healthcare providers face when implementing patient privacy consent to comply with healthcare data exchange requirements in a new landscape paper.