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WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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Resources
National Minority Health Month: Advancements and Opportunities for SDoH Data
Knowledge Center Written by Samantha Holvey, Director of Workgroups & Communication National Minority Health Month is observed every April to raise awareness regarding health disparities that exist among different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), minority populations experience higher rates of chronic diseases such…
Read MoreHBMA: Collaboration & Cooperation
Knowledge Center Featured Article by Robert Tennant, VP Federal Affairs, WEDI For nearly 30 years, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has been an instrumental force in igniting public-private partnerships to empower meaningful changes in the American healthcare system. The Biden Administration has released numerous regulations impacting healthcare stakeholders, including the data exchange requirements…
Read MoreWEDI Quick Hits: Digital Identity
Knowledge Center Enjoy this 10min overview of digital identities in health care from special guest John Kelly. John is a healthcare CIO and eBusiness executive with extensive experience across healthcare enterprises and integrated delivery systems. Expertise and innovations in payer / provider collaborations and the exchange of clinical and administrative healthcare information to achieve the…
Read MoreFact Sheet: Medicare Telehealth Changes After the PHE
Knowledge Center Since the public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a series of waivers and flexibilities for telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries. Some of these waivers and flexibilities were extended in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (CAA). On January…
Read MorePodcast Episode 99: No More Binders!!! Digitizing Patient Data and Improving the Patient Experience with Chronically Simple’s Kristy Dickinson
Knowledge Center Michael spends some time with Kristy Dickinson, founder of Chronically Simple, a health care app that hopes to end the fragmented healthcare experience and allows patients and caregivers to proactively manage their health data. Learn more about Chronically Simple on the app store or visit https://www.chronicallysimple.com/
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WEDI Submits Comments to CMS on Attachments NPRM
Knowledge Center WEDI submitted comments in response to the CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard.” Download Comment Letter
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