{"id":18821,"date":"2018-10-29T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=18821"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:11:36","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/health-data-news-roundup-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Healthcare Executives Seek Improved Data Analytics; HIMSS ONC Feedback; and the Future of Health IT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthitanalytics.com\/news\/93-of-healthcare-execs-seeking-improved-data-analytics-cdi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">93 Percent of Healthcare Execs Seeking Improved Data Analytics<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nHealthcare organizations looking to improve the quality of their data assets are actively seeking ways to leverage data for clinical analytics and population health management, <a href=\"https:\/\/healthitanalytics.com\/news\/93-of-healthcare-execs-seeking-improved-data-analytics-cdi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to a new poll from Black Book.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/himss-amia-suggest-improvements-to-onc-ehr-reporting-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HIMSS, AMIA Suggest Improvements to ONC EHR Reporting Program<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nHIMSS and AMIA <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/himss-amia-suggest-improvements-to-onc-ehr-reporting-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently listed<\/a> ways ONC can ensure the EHR Reporting Program supports interoperability improvements, health IT safety, patient health data access, and compliance with CMS value-based payment and quality improvement programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/carequality-directtrust-continued-growing-health-data-exchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carequality, DirectTrust Continue Growing Health Data Exchange<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCarequality and DirectTrust have each achieved <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/carequality-directtrust-continued-growing-health-data-exchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significant growth<\/a> in recent months as health data exchange continues to grow steadily nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/cms-broadens-aca-waiver-scope-for-state-insurance-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMS Broadens ACA Waiver Scope for State Insurance Programs<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCMS has issued <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/cms-broadens-aca-waiver-scope-for-state-insurance-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal guidance<\/a> intended to expand the scope and availability of state-level waiver programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/ehr-tools-may-help-to-increase-behavioral-health-screening-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHR Tools May Help to Increase Behavioral Health Screening Rates<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nEHR tools designed to address behavioral health needs <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/ehr-tools-may-help-to-increase-behavioral-health-screening-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may help to boost<\/a> behavioral health screening rates in community health centers, according to new research from the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/proposed-rule-alters-hras-to-allow-direct-reimbursement-to-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposed Rule Alters HRAs to Allow Direct Reimbursement to Employees<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Departments of Labor, Treasury, and HHS <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/proposed-rule-alters-hras-to-allow-direct-reimbursement-to-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have proposed<\/a> a new rule that would allow employers to directly reimburse employees\u2019 care costs through health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcareitnews.com\/news\/futurist-predicts-what-healthcare-will-look-late-2020s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Futurist Predicts What Healthcare Will Look Like in the Late 2020s<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPicture diagnostic booths with large screen 8K resolution, telemedicine tools, sensors tracking just about everything are some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcareitnews.com\/news\/futurist-predicts-what-healthcare-will-look-late-2020s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">future predictions<\/a> of healthcare in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Don\u2019t miss out on the opportunity to maximize your data for the best performance outcomes!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/HealthDataConfidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take the DCI Survey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. 93 Percent of Healthcare Execs Seeking Improved Data Analytics&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[265],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18821"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82813,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18821\/revisions\/82813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}