Interoperability roundup: EHI compliance guidance, LOINC updates and more

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) reported 88% of hospitals are sharing patient health data electronically as of 2021, showing significant growth in interoperability. Many hospitals are still dealing with barriers to information exchange, which the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement aims to address. The Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes from Regenstrief Institute announced 1,945 new concepts to facilitate the exchange of medical data.