Weekly Roundup – October 14, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. AHIMA23 Attendees are Ready for the Challenges Ahead. The underlying theme of AHIMA’s annual conference was that health information management professionals are both encouraged and frustrated at the state of the industry, Colin Hung reported from Baltimore. SDoH data illustrates this dilemma well: There’s a lot of it, but it’s often hard to put to use to improve clinical care. Read more… Dichotomy: The Through Line at AHIMA23. Colin’s conversations with longtime AHIMA attendees and scans of the agenda and expo hall highlighted another dichotomy: HIM professionals must focus on longstanding issues (release of information) and recent trends (ensuring quality through data collection). Read more… Learning About the Latest FHIR Analytics Tool. John Lynn sat down with Gail Stephens at SAS Health Solutions to learn about the benefits of ingesting disparate sources of FHIR-based data onto a single platform for analysis, whether it’s to identify gaps in care or find appropriate patients for clinical trials. Read more… Getting Expert Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs. At the recent Civitas Conference, we asked members of the Healthcare IT Today Community to weigh in on tod...
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