Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Research The Connected Health Initiative released recommendations for state-level policymakers to strike a balance between protecting personal health information and supporting the use of digital health tools. Overall, the organization recommended taking a community-based approach to ensuring that PHI isn’t shared and used improperly while avoiding duplicative regulations or unnecessary restrictions on data sharing that’s directly tied to patient care. The HIMSS EHR Association urged ONC to avoid moving too quickly with the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability proposed rule. In a letter, the organization said the combination of tight timelines and compliance requirements would place an undue burden on vendors. The organization also called for better alignment of deadlines for developers to deploy new software versions and for providers to use them. An Epic Research evaluation found that clinical notes in May 2023 were 8% longer than those in April 2020, despite 2021 CMS changes to evaluation and management (E/M) CPT billing codes aimed to reduce the ad...
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