RT @motorcycle_guy
ONC Releases USCDI Draft v4 for comments. It includes a new data category including 3 new data elements for facility information identified as essential in the SANER project. https://twitter.com/ONC_HealthIT/status/1613623095553626117

My #MentalHealth Tip for the Holidays:

Take holiday mental health tips that you read on social media (like this one) with a heaping grain of salt because mental health is deeply individualized and personal. Consider finding a therapist or counselor either through your insurer, an EAP, or local public mental health services.

Light a candle for the analysts combing through the #Omnibus, for their struggle shall be great.

The Data Usability Workgroup announced the release of V1.0 of their Data Usability Guide after an impressive effort of coordination. Further, the Consumer Voices WG outlined (with real world examples) the importance of highlighting patient and caregiver stories. Lastly, the Emergency Preparedness workgroup will have an expanding scope to include multiple Public Health use cases.

In all, these three conferences show us that 2022 was a big year for interoperability. 2023 could be even bigger.

The Sequoia Project meeting was a stunning showcase of a major year for the organization, including the announcement of TWELVE submitted letters of intent for organizations interested in becoming QHINs. The Information Blocking Workgroup discussed their many resources and deliverables, as well as their intention to follow the trend of ONC and rebrand as the "Information Sharing" WG in 2023.

This past week was a big one for nationwide #interoperability at the Annual Meeting(s) of Carequality, The Sequoia Project, and eHealth Exchange. The topic of the year, it seems, was clearly the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (#TEFCA), with more than half a dozen panels and discussions touching on the efforts by the RCE to advance the network.

Bold of FX to air the National Treasure franchise when I’m a 15 minute walk from the Declaration of Independence

Coming soon: Permanent Covid-19 safety rules for #healthcare workers

https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/12/coming-soon-permanent-covid-19-safety-rules-for-health-care-workers/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic #healthcareworkers

"Murray Calls for Congress to Pass Bipartisan PREVENT Pandemics Act In End-of-Year Package" (We'll see!) | #PublicHealth
https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-calls-for-congress-to-pass-bipartisan-prevent-pandemics-act-in-end-of-year-package/

Such a giant step backwards. #TransHealth | https://www.modernhealthcare.com/legal/catholic-providers-deny-trans-care-religious-objections

Some of the recommendations from Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Report:

It's a long report, but pages 118-120 outline the recommendation to "Invest in modernizing public health data systems to make them more flexible, dynamic, and interoperable."

#PublicHealth #HealthData #Interoperability

https://coronavirus.house.gov/sites/democrats.coronavirus.house.gov/files/2022.12.09%20Preparing%20for%20and%20Preventing%20the%20Next%20Public%20Health%20Emergency.pdf?source=email

They asked us to drop a new baby tip in the chat for an expecting parent, and I don't mince words.

@Loftwyr hmm having trouble tracking one down. You could compare them across the Internet Archive, otherwise this is from the FTC: "So working with the three offices, the FTC just issued a revised version that reflects regulatory changes that have occurred since [the tools release in 2016]."

☑ Excellent updated #FTC #mhealth #healthdata tool. Required reading for anyone in the #digitalhealth or #medtech space.

☑ Pro Tip: There are more federal regulatory act and agency acronyms out there than you thought possible.

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/mobile-health-apps-interactive-tool

#healthcare #innovation #privacy #security #ehealth #appstore #healthIT

You read that correctly. The US Remains Worst in the (high-income) World for #MaternalMortality and #HealthEquity | https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/us-maternal-mortality-crisis-continues-worsen-international-comparison

As announced this morning at the #HealthIT Leadership Roundtable, HHS OCR, ONC, FTC, and FDA have updated the #MobileHealthApp Interactive Tool.

Direct link: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/mobile-health-apps-interactive-tool

New CMS Proposed Rule Released on PatientAccess and a Feature Request for the @FedRegister@twitter.com Web Site http://dlvr.it/Sf0rFy

“We are not going to police our way out of addiction and homelessness and mental health crises and trauma...If we want to live in communities where we feel safe, we need to give the people..the knowledge that they are valued and they belong.” 
https://vtdigger.org/2022/12/02/will-eberle-what-really-keeps-us-safe/

This NIST document has long been my favorite de-identification primer.
The new update is important... and will be an influential standard setter.

Read and file comments by January 15.

Kudos @xchatty
and his former NIST and Census colleagues

https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-188/draft

"HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Bulletin on Requirements under #HIPAA for Online Tracking Technologies to Protect the Privacy and Security of #HealthInformation" |
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/hipaa-online-tracking/index.html