“This fall, HHS, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has plans to host a competition that addresses patient data integration issues…”
“… challenges developers to create user-friendly tools (based on AHRQ implementation specifications) that allow for patient-reported outcomes to be shared with researchers and clinicians…”
“Overall, the focus is to integrate patient data into electronic health records or other health IT tools, thereby making it easier for physicians to interpret patient conditions…”
Source: Upcoming AHRQ challenge will focus on integrating patient data into EHRs – By Erin Dietsche, January 3, 2018. Read the full article here.