Dave Pyke

Over the last year, #TEFCA has experienced significant growth in adoption, leading the way toward seamless, secure, and trusted exchange of electronic health information that patients and providers can count on. Read our latest fact sheet to learn more: healthit.gov/resources/data… #EHIs #PatientAccess

Two #HamOnt Mayoral candidates are saying they won't raise taxes to meet the on-coming shortfalls, they'd rather cut services further. So, streets not getting fixed, rec centres not open.

@EasyThePianoMan Rob Cooper?

Who you got for Mayor of Hamilton in 2026? #HamOnt #yhmcc #yhmvotes chch.com/chch-news/hami… *This list is based on folks that have declared their intention to run*

@techguy @SouthwestAir Maybe Amtrak is the better option...

So many screwed up changes by @SouthwestAir The worst may be moving to boarding groups. Having a specific boarding order is so much less stressful than groups. They didn't realize what they were losing. Even if they moved to assigned seats they should have kept assigned boarding order.

TEFCA Facilitated FHIR is being tested at the HL7 FHIR Connectathon. If you're interested, it's not too late to register to test.

#HL7 Ballot Desktop is where you join a ballot consensus group aligned to a specific ballot level (Normative, Informative, STU/Update, or For Comment), helping an open standards community balance strong consensus for “binding” decisions. #FHIR #Interoperability #HealthIT

Read our latest blog post to learn about the similarities and differences between #TEFCA and the “CMS-Aligned Network” pledge category. Check it out: healthit.gov/buzz-blog/tefc… #HealthIT @CMSGov @HealthIT_Policy

@CBCHamilton Oh good. I was starting to miss Terry Whitehead's antics. It's good that we have a replacement

Hamilton Ward 14 councillor Mike Spadafora violated code of conduct when he accused staff of lying and ignoring motion. cbc.ca/news/canada/ha… #HamOnt

👉ICYMI! Developing a healthcare interoperability standard is not a one-time effort. Rather, it’s a collaborative, iterative process that convenes diverse stakeholders. #HL7 infographic shows the journey, Learn mor: hubs.ly/Q03SG8N80? #HealthIT #Interoperability #FHIR

We’re back at work and focused on restoring access to HealthIT.gov. Thank you for your patience as we bring systems back online safely and quickly. #HealthIT

@techguy @sequoiaproject I'll be there!

Headed to Nashville in a couple weeks for The Sequoia Project & Carequality Annual Meeting! 🎸 Excited to connect with the people driving progress in interoperability, TEFCA, and beyond. Who else is going? Let's connect!👋 Details: healthcareittoday.com/healthcare-it-… @sequoiaproject @CarequalityNet

@JeffreyLuscombe They do talk about the downgrade: "S&P’s report notes that the change from ‘AAA’ to ‘AA+’ follows delays in completing audited financial statements due to a serious cyberattack in 2024, which temporarily disrupted parts of the City’s data and financial systems."

Wait a minute. Yesterday’s they downgraded Hamilton’s credit rating from AAA to AA+ and the city is celebrating with this release?? The chocolate rations were also increased from 30 to 20 grams as well. #hamont

Chuck Jaffe announces his retirement as CEO of HL7 #HL7WGM #healthit

4. New TEFCA SOP for Government Benefits Determination The RCE released the draft SOP for the government benefits determination use case. Basically this is designed specifically so that the Social Security Administration can pull special CDAs for determining benefits eligibility for disability cases. It technically supports other government benefits but only the SSA is a required response. I would love to see required responses expanded to other use cases, like VA pensions and disability compensation, state workers’ comp and disability boards, or more exotic ones like my FAA use case.

#TEFCA now has a searchable map of participants in the nationwide healthcare data interoperability framework! I can't filter by participant type, but I am seeing a few #EMS agencies on the list. rce.sequoiaproject.org/tefca-map-sear…

Bonus Features – August 10, 2025 – More than 9,200 orgs participating in TEFCA Exchange, 52% of patients very likely to join remote clinical trials, plus 25 more stories #HITs healthcareittoday.com/?p=2525705

@WATechMillenial @DOGE ASTP (ONC) launched TEFCA, launched and administered multiple grant projects, updated and administered certification of EHR software, maintained the software and testbeds to do so, conducted review of current HIT standards...

@DOGE Why is HHS increasing the budget for ONC by almost 20% The President’s Budget request for ONC is $86,000,000 in Public Health Service Act Evaluation set-aside funding, which is an increase of +$19,762,000 above FY 2023 Name 1 thing they did in 2024 healthit.gov/sites/default/…

Contracts Update! Over the last 3 days, agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $831M and savings of $436M, including a DoT $265k professional services contract for “planning and environment workshop and roundtable discussion”.

@bradshawward7 What services should be cut to cover the shortfall?

I would vote NO to a tax increase in 2026! #HamOnt #taxincrease #hamiltonontario #cityofhamilton #taxhike

@radleyatthespec Is it growing? Or is a faction just getting louder? The former council was so afraid, they let taxes fall way behind inflation. We're just getting caught up.

Is growing criticism of city hall fair or is it over the top? #HamOnt podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pla…

We have a new ASTP Political Appointee beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-inf…