# HTI-2 Rule * **Definition:** The HTI-2 Rule refers to a specific guideline or standard within healthcare technology interoperability that outlines the requirements for the exchange of health information, ensuring that data is shared accurately and securely between different healthcare systems and providers. * **Taxonomy:** CTO Topics / HTI-2 Rule ## News * Selected news on the topic of **HTI-2 Rule**, for healthcare technology leaders * 1.4K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/27/2025 | [**Rural Healthcare Challenges: How AI & Telemedicine Can Improve Access - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/27/rural-healthcare-challenges-how-ai-telemedicine-can-improve-access/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/27/2025 | [**Stanford medical school dean outlines 3 urgent AI priorities - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ai/stanford-medical-school-dean-outlines-3-urgent-ai-priorities/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/27/2025 | [**Emory, Stanford, Mercy: 6 Big Tech partnerships**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/innovation/emory-stanford-mercy-6-big-tech-partnerships/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/26/2025 | [**AI can solve many gaps in healthcare, but only with ethical implementation - Viewpoint**](https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/ai-can-solve-many-gaps-in-healthcare-but-only-with-ethical-implementation-viewpoint) | [[Chief Healthcare Executive]] | | 5/25/2025 | [**Action Framework for AI Agents in Healthcare - by Alex G. Lee - May, 2025 - Medium**](https://medium.com/@alexglee/action-framework-for-ai-agents-in-healthcare-f4801f8dcaa6) | [[Medium]] | | 5/21/2025 | [**Redefining Access and Outcomes in Behavioral Health: A Conversation with Talkiatry CEO ...**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/podcasts-beckers-hospital-review/redefining-access-and-outcomes-in-behavioral-health-a-conversation-with-talkiatry-ceo-robert-krayn/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/19/2025 | [**HIMSS CIO Connect brings support through shared knowledge - Healthcare Finance News**](https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/video/himss-cio-connect-brings-support-through-shared-knowledge) | [[Healthcare Finance]] | | 5/19/2025 | [**athenahealth Launches athenaOne® for Community Health Centers**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/19/athenahealth-launches-athenaone-for-community-health-centers/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/19/2025 | [**Smarter Technologies Launches AI-Driven Platform to Tackle Hospital RCM Inefficiencies**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/19/smarter-technologies-launches-ai-driven-platform/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/14/2025 | [**Beyond FHIR: Why True Healthcare Interoperability Needs AI**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/15/beyond-fhir-why-true-healthcare-interoperability-needs-ai/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Ethical Implementation of AI in Mental Healthcare: A Practical Guide**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/12/ethical-implementation-of-ai-in-mental-healthcare-a-practical-guide/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Healthcare Staffing Archives - HealthTech Magazines**](https://www.healthtechmagazines.com/category/healthcare-staffing/) | [[Health Tech Magazines]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**Japan to Get First Generative AI Healthcare Agent via Hippocratic AI Team-Up**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/08/japan-to-get-first-generative-ai-healthcare-agent-via-hippocratic-ai-eucalia-team-up/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 4/28/2025 | [**Transforming After-Hours Care with AI-Powered Contact Center Solutions**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ai/transforming-after-hours-care-with-ai-powered-contact-center-solutions/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/22/2025 | [**The Top 25 Healthcare AI Companies of 2025**](https://thehealthcaretechnologyreport.com/the-top-25-healthcare-ai-companies-of-2025/) | [[Healthcare Technology Report]] | | 4/22/2025 | [**Improving Interoperability Between Healthcare Providers and Systems to Enhance Care ...**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/04/22/improving-interoperability-between-healthcare-providers-and-systems-to-enhance-care-coordination-and-data-sharing/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 4/7/2025 | [**AI being used more often at point of care, KLAS research shows - Healthcare IT News**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ai-being-used-more-often-point-care-klas-research-shows) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**AI, MedTech And Big Tech: Who Will Lead The Next Medical Revolution? - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2025/03/04/ai-medtech-and-big-tech-who-will-lead-the-next-medical-revolution/) | [[Forbes]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**Portable Medical Devices Market to Reach USD 191.1 Billion by 2035, Driven by AI ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/portable-medical-devices-market-reach-123000217.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/2/2025 | [**Can AI Outperform Doctors in Diagnosing Infectious Diseases?**](https://www.news-medical.net/health/Can-AI-Outperform-Doctors-in-Diagnosing-Infectious-Diseases.aspx) | [[News Medical Net]] | | 2/22/2025 | [**Black Book Research Releases 2025 Rural Healthcare IT Solutions Report Addressing ...**](https://www.newswire.com/news/black-book-research-releases-2025-rural-healthcare-it-solutions-report-22524487) | [[Newswire]] | | 2/22/2025 | [**The Future of Digital Health: Key Trends and Opportunities in 2025 - by Kartheek Rao**](https://medium.com/@kartheekraom/the-future-of-digital-health-key-trends-and-opportunities-in-2025-64001a178563) | [[Medium]] | | 2/21/2025 | [**Roundup: AI and cloud tackle cyber risk and improve workflows - Healthcare IT News**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/roundup-ai-and-cloud-tackle-cyber-risk-and-improve-workflows) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 1/14/2025 | [**Healthcare Trends Shaping 2025 And Insights For Industry Leaders - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/01/14/healthcare-trends-shaping-2025-and-insights-for-industry-leaders/) | [[Forbes]] | | 11/19/2024 | [**How Emory Healthcare reroutes 30f MyChart messages**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ehrs/how-emory-healthcare-reroutes-30-of-mychart-messages/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **American Hospital Association (AHA)**: Expresses concerns regarding compliance timelines and accountability standards in the HTI-2 rule. - **Micky Tripathi**: National Coordinator for Health IT, overseeing the HTI-2 proposed rule aimed at enhancing interoperability. - **Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)**: A key regulatory body proposing the HTI-2 rule to enhance healthcare interoperability and data sharing. - **Kim Boyd**: Senior Consultant at Point-of-Care Partners, emphasizing the importance of HTI-2 for life sciences manufacturers. - **OrthoTennessee**: Utilized Cohere Health's tool to reduce prior authorization delays. - **FirstHx**: An innovator in AI-driven healthcare technology, expanding into the U.S. market with a patient intake solution to improve healthcare efficiency. - **MetroHealth**: Implemented AI to streamline medication prior authorization processes. - **InterSystems**: Introduced IntelliCare, an AI-powered EHR system aimed at transforming clinician workflows and enhancing healthcare operations. - **America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)**: A national association representing health insurance providers, advocating for policies that enhance healthcare delivery. - **Dr. Robert L. Angell**: Chief Technology Officer of TCTM Kids IT Education Inc., with extensive experience in healthcare AI and data science. - **IBM Watson Health**: A division of IBM focused on healthcare technology, partnering with Humana to enhance patient access to information. - **AmeriHealth Caritas**: Collaborated with ELLKAY and Astrata to improve data interoperability. - **Medicomp Systems**: A company providing standards-based interactive content for EHR systems, enhancing clinical data integration and care delivery workflows. - **Humana**: A health insurance company collaborating with IBM Watson Health to provide AI-powered digital assistant services. - **Smarter Technologies**: Introduced an AI-driven platform for optimizing hospital revenue cycle management. - **ModMed**: A healthcare technology company known for its electronic health records platform, EMA®, which has received ASTP certification for its AI-powered decision support tools. - **Heng Wang**: Chief Executive Officer of TCTM Kids IT Education Inc., with over 30 years of experience in the financial industry. - **Andor Health**: Awarded a national contract with Vizient to implement Ambient AI and virtual collaboration technologies. - **IQVIA**: A leading clinical research organization recognized for its generative AI capabilities in life sciences, focusing on operational excellence and responsible AI governance. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Carilion Clinic and TytoCare**: Partnership to enhance telehealth capabilities through remote diagnosis and treatment. - **CDC and CMS**: Collaborated with ONC to develop certification rules focused on interoperability for public health and payer systems. - **ONC and CDC**: Collaborating to enhance public health response and value-based care delivery through improved health IT standards. - **VSee Health and LanguageLine Solutions**: Providing instant interpreter access in over 240 languages to enhance telehealth services. - **FirstHx and Jevan Consulting**: Partnering to integrate AI-driven patient intake solutions into American healthcare settings, enhancing operations and patient care. - **Netsmart**: Achieved ONC certification for its TheraOffice platform, demonstrating compliance with federal health IT standards. - **Commure and MEDITECH Alliance**: Collaborating to integrate ambient clinical documentation products with the MEDITECH Expanse EHR platform to reduce clinician burnout. - **XRHealth and RealizedCare**: Acquisition aimed at enhancing AI-driven, value-based care platforms for chronic pain management. - **Humana and IBM Watson Health**: Collaboration to provide AI-powered digital assistant services to enhance patient access to healthcare information. - **Hippocratic AI and EUCALIA**: Launched Japan's first generative AI healthcare agent to improve patient access and reduce clinician workload. - **AmeriHealth Caritas with ELLKAY and Astrata**: Partnership aimed at improving data interoperability for better patient care. - **Avant Technologies and Ainnova Tech**: Partnering to leverage AI for early disease detection and improve healthcare solutions. - **GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham**: Collaboration to integrate foundation models into healthcare AI research. - **Royal Philips and Mass General Brigham**: Developing a unified, near real-time data ecosystem for enhanced patient care. - **Clover Health and AI Technology**: Clover Health is leveraging AI to enhance patient outcomes and reduce costs. - **athenahealth and Community Health Centers**: Partnership to enhance healthcare access for underserved communities. - **Illumina and IQVIA**: Collaborations with NVIDIA to integrate AI into their platforms for optimizing data analysis and improving patient outcomes. - **Cigna and MDLive**: Collaboration to streamline wellness visit scheduling for new members. - **Ellipsis Health and Ceras Health**: Collaborating to enhance mental health care through AI-powered voice biomarker technology. - **Deerfield Management and Northwell Health**: Ascertain secured funding to enhance AI-powered solutions aimed at improving patient care. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **HTI-2 Rule**: Introduces voluntary certification for health IT software, enhancing interoperability and data sharing standards in healthcare. - **HTI-2 Proposed Rule**: A new rule by ONC focused on Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability, including updates for clinical image exchange and multi-factor authentication. - **FHIR Standards**: The HTI-2 rule emphasizes the use of FHIR-focused criteria to enhance interoperability among healthcare stakeholders. - **HTI-1 Rule**: Introduces transparency requirements for AI-based decision support interventions, mandating developers to disclose critical information about their systems. - **Electronic Prior Authorization**: HTI-2 aims to facilitate automated prior authorization processes to improve patient care and reduce administrative burdens. - **USCDI Version 4**: The rule mandates the adoption of the updated U.S. Core Data for Interoperability by January 2028. - **Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)**: Aims to enhance reliability, privacy, and security in health information networks. - **Real-Time Prescription Benefit (RTPB)**: A proposed tool to improve patient access to medication information and streamline prescription processes. - **AI Innovations by WellSky**: Introduction of tools like SkySense to automate data extraction and improve clinician efficiency, significantly reducing documentation time. - **Patient Intake Solutions by FirstHx**: AI-powered solutions that allow patients to submit medical histories via smartphones, improving integration with electronic medical records. - **IntelliCare by InterSystems**: An AI-powered EHR system designed to streamline workflows and improve patient interactions. - **USCDI v5**: Updates to national data standards aimed at improving health data clarity and usability. - **AI-Powered Medication Prior Authorization**: MetroHealth's implementation of AI reduced submission times significantly. - **AI in Healthcare**: The integration of AI technologies is becoming crucial for improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency. - **USCDI Support**: Medicomp Systems' support for USCDI versions 3 and 4 to improve clinical data integration and care delivery. - **AI in Healthcare Market Growth**: Projected to grow from $14.92 billion in 2024 to $21.66 billion in 2025, driven by chronic disease incidence and aging populations. - **Virtual Healthcare Technologies**: Innovations include AI-driven solutions for patient safety and telehealth platforms for home care. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Data Security**: Concerns regarding unauthorized access to patient information due to proposed certification rules requiring hyperlinks to diagnostic imaging. - **Compliance Timelines**: Concerns regarding the aggressive timelines for USCDI Version 4 compliance, particularly for smaller healthcare providers. - **Information Blocking**: The rule addresses behavioral issues related to information blocking, with potential fines for violations. - **Ethical Guidelines for AI**: The WHO emphasizes the need for ethical standards in AI use within healthcare. - **Prior Authorization Burden**: The proposed rule aims to streamline prior authorization processes, which are currently a significant administrative burden. - **Regulatory Scrutiny**: Healthcare organizations face challenges related to compliance and the integration of AI technologies. - **Data Silos**: The need for interoperability to facilitate real-time data exchange among healthcare stakeholders. - **Utilization of Unstructured Data**: Concerns about the limited potential for utilizing unstructured data under the proposed regulations. - **Interoperability Issues**: Challenges in adopting FHIR standards for healthcare interoperability, particularly for smaller organizations lacking resources. - **Regulatory Variability**: Challenges in regulatory compliance and reimbursement processes hinder AI adoption. - **Data Sharing Inequities**: AHA raises concerns about higher accountability standards for providers compared to payers. - **Regulatory Challenges**: The successful implementation of AI in healthcare requires addressing regulatory compliance and ensuring diverse training data to mitigate bias. - **Cybersecurity Threats**: Healthcare leaders must prioritize compliance with data security standards to protect sensitive patient information. - **Integration Issues**: Healthcare organizations face challenges in integrating AI due to rigid workflows and operational constraints. - **Compliance Costs**: Concerns about increased compliance costs for healthcare providers due to new certification requirements. - **Coding Inaccuracies**: Concerns about revenue loss due to under-coding in evaluation and management services, highlighting the need for accurate coding. - **AI Skepticism**: Despite the benefits of AI in healthcare, there remains skepticism among healthcare workers regarding its role, necessitating training and support. - **Transparency in AI**: Regulatory bodies are focused on ensuring transparency in AI systems to address patient safety and public trust. ## Related Topics [[HTI-2 Proposed Rule]]