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Knowledge Center WEDI Connection: April 2017 Newsletter April 28, 2017 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit April 2017 Newsletter. Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates Videos WEDI Blog WEDI in the News WEDI Newsletters WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets Recent Posts…

Knowledge Center Prior Authorization One Of Several Key Topics Impacting The Healthcare Landscape Will Be Discussed At WEDI 2017 April 26, 2017 As the call for prior authorization reform continues to make headlines and drive high-level conversations among healthcare industry stakeholders, the discussion surrounding the topic will continue at WEDI 2017- Driving Solutions in a…

Knowledge Center Virus-related EHR Outage Forces NY Hospital Back to Paper April 12, 2017 Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) and its long-term care facility at Terrace View have been battling a virus responsible for EHR outage since Sunday afternoon. “ECMC’s computer system today went down,” the hospital wrote in a public statement, “The hospital’s IT team immediately…

Knowledge Center Politico Morning eHealth 4/11 April 11, 2017 Jim Daley, director of IT at BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, will retire from the board of WEDI next month to coincide with his retirement from the Palmetto state’s blues plan. To read more, visit Politico. Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases…

Knowledge Center WEDI elects Laurie Darst as board chair April 5, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange named Laurie Darst chair of its board of directors. Ms. Darst is a regulatory advisor for the department of finance at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. Ms. Darst’s primary focus at Mayo includes HIPAA compliance for electronic transactions, regulatory administrative…

Knowledge Center WEDI Names Laurie Darst, Jay Eisenstock to Lead Board of Directors April 4, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced the election of Laurie Darst as chair and Jay Eisenstock as chair-elect of the board of directors. The Reston, Va.-based organization is a national not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder organization that promotes the use…

Knowledge Center Healthcare Data Breach Risk Higher in Larger Facilities April 4, 2017 Having greater access to healthcare data, which is common in larger hospitals and teaching-focused facilities, can create a higher data breach risk, according to a recent study published by JAMA Internal Medicine. There is a “fundamental trade-off,” as broad health data access helps hospital…

Knowledge Center WEDI Announces Election Of New 2017-2018 Board Chair And Chair-Elect April 3, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the election of Laurie Darst as Chair and Jay Eisenstock as Chair-Elect of the…

Knowledge Center WEDI Announced Election of New 2017, 2018 Board Chair and Chair Elect April 3, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of HIT to create efficiencies in health care information exchange (HIE), announced the election of Laurie Darst as chair and Jay Eisenstock as chair-elect of the board…

Knowledge Center WEDI names Durst, Eisenstock to lead board of directors April 3, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange has elected Laurie Darst as its chair and Jay Eisenstock as chair-elect for its board of directors for 2017. The two will play lead roles in directing the board for WEDI, a national not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder…