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.

Learn more about what solutions exist in the market and what you can do about it.

Most practices spend a significant amount of time and effort reviewing external clinical information to determine what, how much to use and in what format. How this is being done today probably uses a lot of older technology and is very manual.

A good chart preparation process can save practices time and money and provide physicians with the vital clinical information needed for optimal clinical decision making.

The availability of electronic clinical data from medical practices and facilities is here – from practices and facilities of all sizes nationwide. Implement this as soon as possible – take advantage of having this information in electronic form so that it’s easier to work with.

There is a solution to automating chart prep for practices once a practice has identified the right infromation they need to include in the chart prep process. Listen to this podcast to learn more about these best practices.