--- title: HDM Group Blog description: This is the Health Data Management blog. image: https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/Health-Data-Management---blog-header-logo.png --- [![Health-Data-Management---blog-header-logo](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Health-Data-Management---blog-header-logo.png?width=250&height=74&name=Health-Data-Management---blog-header-logo.png "Health-Data-Management---blog-header-logo")](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/) Open main menu Close main menu [Subscribe Now](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hdm-group-newsletter-registration-lp) # Health Data Management Blog ![](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/middleton-blackford-crop.png) ### [Data standardization emerges as a critical need during the pandemic](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/data-standardization-emerges-as-a-critical-need-during-the-pandemic) The inability to have common definitions of medical terms put roadblocks in place that hampered national strategies.  [Diana Manos](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/diana-manos) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/data-standardization-emerges-as-a-critical-need-during-the-pandemic) ![](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(7).png) ### [LEAP award focuses on SDOH and referral management](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/leap-award-focuses-on-sdoh-and-referral-management) Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin will create a closed-loop referral system to integrate data. ![Marla Durben Hirsch](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marla%20Hirsch%20Headshot.jpg?width=45&name=Marla%20Hirsch%20Headshot.jpg) [Marla Durben Hirsch](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/marla-durben-hirsch) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/leap-award-focuses-on-sdoh-and-referral-management) ![](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/cgi-federal-innovation-center-medium.png) ### [New technology will help CMS gather data to spot fraud](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/new-technology-will-help-cms-gather-data-to-spot-fraud)  CGI’s API Gateway also may provide a cost-effective way for organizations to improve data sharing across systems.  ![Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?width=45&name=MicrosoftTeams-image.png) [Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/fred-bazzoli) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/new-technology-will-help-cms-gather-data-to-spot-fraud) ![Direct Trust expands interoperability](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/Article%20Image-DirectTrust.jpeg) [ONC,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/onc) [interoperability,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/interoperability) [Data Exchange,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/data-exchange) [PHI](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/phi) ### [DirectTrust buy of SAFE Identity expands interoperability scope](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/directtrust-buy-of-safe-identity-expands-interoperability-scope) *The acquisition will give it more capabilities, offers capacity to support more use cases.* [Anne Ziegler](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/anne-ziegler) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/directtrust-buy-of-safe-identity-expands-interoperability-scope) ![](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/Direct%20Standard%20approved%20by%20ANSI%20as%20a%20national%20measure%20.png) [interoperability,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/interoperability) [EHR,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/ehr) [Secure Messaging](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/secure-messaging) ### [Direct Standard approved by ANSI as a national measure](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/direct-standard-approved-by-ansi-as-a-national-measure) *The organization that oversees the development of consensus standards brings new visibility to largely hidden capabilities. * ![Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?width=45&name=MicrosoftTeams-image.png) [Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/fred-bazzoli) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/direct-standard-approved-by-ansi-as-a-national-measure) ![](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/HDM%20KLASroom%20Blog%20Image_General.jpg) [KLAS Research,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/klas-research) [Patient Experience,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/patient-experience) [Telehealth](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/telehealth) ### [HDM Launches New Evidence-Based Virtual Education Series](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hdm-partners-with-klas-to-launch-new-virtual-learning-series-on-october-27)   *Health Data Management has partnered with KLAS Research to facilitate a complimentary, virtual, evidence-based learning series: The HDM KLASroom. * The HDM KLASroom series is an ongoing education program leveraging the industry reach of HDM and the evidence-based content of KLAS Research to educate healthcare leadership and their teams around the latest technological, process, and cultural trends in healthcare.   ![Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?width=45&name=MicrosoftTeams-image.png) [Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/fred-bazzoli) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hdm-partners-with-klas-to-launch-new-virtual-learning-series-on-october-27) ![](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/Baseball%20Post%20HDM%20Group.png) [Quadruple Aim,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/quadruple-aim) [Education,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/education) [Media](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/media) ### [New beginning, new direction for Health Data Management](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/new-beginning-new-direction-for-health-data-management) *In 1911, John Franklin Baker took his 46-ounce bat and made baseball history. He launched 11 home runs and hit separate round-trippers to win two games in that year’s World Series. For those heroics, he picked up the nickname of Home Run Baker. * ![Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?width=45&name=MicrosoftTeams-image.png) [Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/fred-bazzoli) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/new-beginning-new-direction-for-health-data-management) ![A picture of the CMS's office building](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/Intro%20blog%20post.jpeg) [interoperability,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/interoperability) [Payer,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/payer) [Data Exchange,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/data-exchange) [CMS,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/cms) [HL7 FIHR,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/hl7-fihr) [Final Rule](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/final-rule) ### [CMS delays enforcement of data exchange provision for payers](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/cms-delays-enforcement-of-data-exchange-provision-for-payers) *The agency will give health plans more time to implement standards that move clinical and claims information as members change coverage. * ![Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?width=45&name=MicrosoftTeams-image.png) [Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/fred-bazzoli) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/cms-delays-enforcement-of-data-exchange-provision-for-payers) ![the front of a US Department of Veteran's Affairs building](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/veteran-video-connect.jpeg) [Cerner,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/cerner) [EHR,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/ehr) [Tricare,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/tricare) [VA](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/va) ### [VA postpones, changes EHR rollout](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/va-postpones-changes-ehr-rollout) *The Veterans Administration, still struggling with the first go-live of its new Cerner EHR system, has opted to hold off further deployment and revise its rollout strategy.* ![Marla Durben Hirsch](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marla%20Hirsch%20Headshot.jpg?width=45&name=Marla%20Hirsch%20Headshot.jpg) [Marla Durben Hirsch](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/marla-durben-hirsch) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/va-postpones-changes-ehr-rollout) ![imaging of cancer in the liver](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/liver-cancer2-crop-1024x683.jpg) [interoperability,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/interoperability) [Radiology,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/radiology) [Data Exchange,](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/data-exchange) [HL7 FIHR](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/tag/hl7-fihr) ### [Recent standards effort aims to support radiation therapy treatment](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/recent-standards-effort-aims-to-support-radiation-therapy-treatment) *NOTE: This article is adapted from one appearing in the HL7 Quarterly Newsletter.* ![Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?width=45&name=MicrosoftTeams-image.png) [Fred Bazzoli](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/author/fred-bazzoli) [Read More](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/recent-standards-effort-aims-to-support-radiation-therapy-treatment) ![the HDM logo accronim on white rendered at 300 by 100 pixels](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/HDM-white-single-300x100.png) ![the HDM logo on cream color including the cross icon](https://info.healthdatamanagement.com/hubfs/HDM-group--white-and-cream-420x95.png) ## Contact Us PO Box 7785 Columbia, SC 29202 [info@hdmgroup.org](mailto:%20info@hdmgroup.org) ## Get the newsletter