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ONC Pushing for Standards to Increase Interoperability
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is pushing hard for universal adoption of standards that will increase the interoperability of health IT applications, according to Doug Fridsma, director of ONC's Office of Standards and Interoperability.
Writing on ONC's Health IT Buzz blog, Fridsma explained why these standards should not be optional. "Reducing optionality improves interoperability and lowers the cost for vendors to implement," he said, "thus lowering the cost for healthcare providers as well."
Fridsma summarized recent advances on three ONC projects related to interoperability standards: the Transitions of Care (ToC) initiative, the Lab Results Interface initiative, and the Modular Specifications project.
Read the full article at: http://tinyurl.com/83d5rh7
Source: Fierce HealthIT
Exploring Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Care Prior Authorization Decisions
October 24th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the October 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® that explored prior authorization decisions in cancer care by race and ethnicity for commercially insured patients.
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