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Newsletter (HIT Perspectives)

HIT Perspectives is POCP’s account of top health IT trends, significant healthcare events, federal policies and industry activities.

Each article provides analysis and insights based on POCP’s unique views and indepth expertise on cross-cutting issues affecting payers, pharma, vendors and providers.

Download the June 2019 issue of HIT Perspectives by clicking on the thumbnail to the right. – PDF –

2019

HIT Perspectives (June 2019) –

Breaking Through Barriers to Advancing Electronic Prior Authorization | CDS Hooks Can Use FHIR APIs to Trigger Robust Decision Support in EHRs | Five Trends Leading the Digital Transformation of Specialty Pharmacy

HIT Perspectives (March 2019) –

CARIN Alliance – Multisector Coalition Strives to Connect Patients to Medication Costs | 8 Impressions from HIMSS 2019 | 10 Thoughts About the New Proposed Rules from ONC and CMS

HIT Perspectives (January 2019) –

Legislation, Proposed Rules and Part D Guidance to Affect Electronic Prescribing and EHRs | 14 Health IT Game Changers | What Version 4 of FHIR Standard Means for Adoption and Innovation

2018

HIT Perspectives (November 2018) –

Connecting Patients With the Costs of Their Medications | High Impact: Opioid Legislation Effects ePrescribing, ePA and PDMPs | Looking Back at 2018 Predictions: How’d We Do?

HIT Perspectives (September 2018) –

Six Interoperability Trends to Watch | The Time Is Right for Electronic Medical Prior Authorization | Improving Drug Price Transparency: Progress and Opportunities

HIT Perspectives (June 2018) –

Improving Drug Price Transparency: The Case for Out-of-Pocket Drug Cost Information at the Point of Prescribing | NCPDP Forms Specialty Pharmacy Work Group |Thumbs Up at this ePrescribing Checkpoint!

HIT Perspectives (April 2018) –

1 0 Takeaways from HIMSS18 | The Da Vinci Project: Helping Payers and Providers Get the Most From Value-Based Care | The Impact of Cost on EPCS Adoption

HIT Perspectives (January 2018) –

Trends to Watch in 2018 | Fighting a Root Cause of the Opioid Epidemic: New POCP Report Examines State Responses to Opioid Prescribing | Virtual Visits: Now Coming to Your Home, Doctor and Pharmacy

2017

HIT Perspectives (November 2017) –

Following What the Doctor Ordered: Addressing Medication Noncompliance | The Impact of New, Nonproprietary Naming Convention for Biologics and Biosimilars: 7 Key Findings | ONC to Significantly Scale Back EHR Certification and Enrollment

HIT Perspectives (September 2017) –

Five Health IT, Opioid-Related Trends Impacting Electronic Health Records | Interoperability
and Standards Will Be Areas of Focus Through Year End | Automating Enrollment for Specialty Prescriptions

HIT Perspectives (June 2017) –

HHS Moves Ahead in Personnel and Health IT | New Model Can Help Payers Realize Return on Investment From Electronic Prior Authorization | State Lawmakers Focus on ePA and Opioid Abuse

HIT Perspectives (April 2017) –

Eight Takeaways from HIMSS 2017 | FHIR Sets the Stage for Targeted Applications for Payers and Providers | Stakeholder Impacts of the AMA’s Prior Authorization Reform Proposal

HIT Perspectives (February 2017) –

10 Trends to Watch in 2017 | What the 21st Century Cures Act Means for Health IT | PDMPs Take on Renewed Importance as a Tool in the Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic

2016

HIT Perspectives (November 2016) –

A National Patient Identifier: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again | Taking ePrescribing to the Next Level with the Structured and Codified Sig | Legislative Changes to I-STOP: Are They a Good Thing?

HIT Perspectives (September 2016) –

Taking Electronic Prior Authorization to the Next Level | Using Health Information Technology to Improve Patient Engagement | Surescripts Issues Its 2015 National Progress Report

HIT Perspectives (June 2016) –

New Proposed Regulation Rebrands and Retools Meaningful Use | Real-Time Benefit Inquiry: A New Kind of Clinical Decision Support | Top 10 Themes at Health Datapalooza 2016

HIT Perspectives (April 2016) –

Ten Takeaways from HIMSS16 | Integrating EHRs and PDMPs: How Vendors Can Get Ahead of the Curve | Alerting Prescribers for Biosimilar Substitution to Protect Patient Safety

HIT Perspectives (February 2016) –

Top Ten Health IT Trends for 2016 | Meaningful Use: Not Entirely Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten | Cutting Through the Confusion Surrounding Electronic Formulary and Benefit Checks

2015

HIT Perspectives (September 2015) –

Taking Clinical Decision Support to the Next Level: A Standards-Based Approach | Paving the Way for Specialty ePrescribing | Better Formulary and Benefit Information Pay Off for Payers

HIT Perspectives (June 2015) –

Information Blocking: A Hot Potato in Washington | DERF-a-Palooza at May NCPDP Meeting Yields Results | Surescripts Issues 2014 National Progress Report

HIT Perspectives (May 2015) –

HIMSS15: On FHIR and 6 Other Key Takeaways | The Impact of MU Stage 3 on Patient Engagement | Meaningful Use Stage 3: What Does It Mean for EHR Vendors?

HIT Perspectives (February 2015) –

At Last! A Compelling Business Case for Interoperability | Exciting Changes Ahead in 2015 for HealthIT | Interoperability, Value-Based Care and the War on Painkillers to Drive E-Prescribing for Controlled Substances

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