Open AccessImpact of the 2015 Health Information Technology Certification Edition on Interoperability among Hospitals
Author(s) -
Yuriy Pylypchuk,
Wesley Barker,
William Encinosa,
Talisha Searcy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocab083
Subject(s) - interoperability , certification , health information exchange , health information technology , health care , electronic health record , cross domain interoperability , health records , business , information exchange , data exchange , semantic interoperability , medicine , computer science , world wide web , health information , telecommunications , political science , law
Most nonfederal acute care hospitals use electronic health records (EHRs) certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. In 2015, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology finalized the 2015 Health IT Certification Edition and adoption by hospitals began in 2016. We examine the impact of the 2015 Edition on rates of interoperable exchange among nonfederal acute hospitals.