{"id":19108,"date":"2019-05-13T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=19108"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:05:46","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/health-data-news-roundup-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Massive Growth in Health Data Usage; Information Blocking and ONC; and CMS Promotes Interoperability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Round Up 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Organizations See 878 Percent Health Data Growth Rate Since 2016<\/a><\/strong>
\nHealthcare organizations have seen an explosive health data growth rate of 878 percent since 2016, reaching 8.41 petabytes (PB) on average in 2018, according<\/a> statistics compiled by Dell EMC.<\/p>\n

Information Blocking and Health Data Exchange Challenges Addressed on Capitol Hill<\/strong>
\nLast week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing about how the 21st Century Cures Act should be a driver for making electronic health records data more available to patients and providers.<\/p>\n

Eligibility, Cost Sharing Key Factors for Single-Payer Health Insurance<\/a><\/strong>
\nEligibility, cost sharing, and the role of private health insurance will be among the primary concerns for policymakers if they choose to design a single-payer health insurance system in the US, according<\/a> to a recent CBO report.<\/p>\n

Consumer-Directed Health Plan Members Spent 13 Percent Less on Care in 2016<\/a><\/strong>
\nIndividuals enrolled in consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) in 2016 had 13 percent lower spending on average than those not enrolled in CDHPs, according<\/a> to a report from Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).<\/p>\n

Health Data Exchange Jumps 49 Percent Among Direct Messaging Users<\/a><\/strong>
\nHealth data exchange increased by almost 50 percent among DirectTrust participants in the first quarter of 2019, representing record growth<\/a> for the Direct network.<\/p>\n

ConnectVirginia HIE Helps to Reduce Opioid-Related Fatalities<\/a><\/strong>
\nOpioid-related fatalities have declined<\/a> in Virginia for the first time in six years after the state launched its Emergency Department Care Coordination (EDCC) program with help from the ConnectVirginia health information exchange (HIE.).<\/p>\n

CMS Launches Campaign to Share People’s Experiences with Health Data Interoperability<\/a><\/strong>
\nCMS Administrator Seema Verma kicked off a campaign<\/a> on Twitter to encourage people to share their personal experiences with health information interoperability.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Round Up 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. Organizations See 878 Percent Health Data Growth Rate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19110,"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\/19108"}],"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=19108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82281,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19108\/revisions\/82281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}