In today’s podcast, we are discussing a number of regulatory rules and updates that have taken place in 2024 and how they will impact your practice.
We discuss the most recent regulatory actions proposed by CMS (Centers for Medicaire and Medicaid services)and ONC (Office of the National Coordinator for Health information Technology). These actions are in support of continuing to advance interoperability.
There is clear momentum towards more comprehensive healthcare interoperability. Regulartory entities have developed technical and operational policy standards and frameworks that have enabled the foundation for a National Clinical Exchange. This is the basis for how all healthcare ecosystem participants should develop, operate and use the network.
We also review the HTI 1 and HTI 2 (health data, technology, and Interoperability) rules – 1 a rule and 2 a proposal but both are designed to improve interoperability.
Last, we discuss TEFCA as a version 2 was released in 2024. TEFCA (trusted exchange framework and common agreement) is a commons set of principles is designed to enable nationwide exchange of electronic exchange of medical records across disparate health information networks (HINS).
If you are new to interoperability and you are looking for a crash course on how these rules impact our practice, this is a great podcast to listen to you. If you are aware of interoperability and simply looking for a credible update on how these rules impact your practice, please listen to this most recent update.
One thing we are certain of, waiting to be a part of electronic healthcare interoperability is not an option for any healthcare practice.