Vindell Washington to step down from ONC – exit interview
Vindell Washington, MD, will be resigning his post as the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT effective on January 20, 2017.Healthcare IT News spoke with Washington about his...
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Connected Health - Are We There Yet?
Sponsor: PhilipsPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
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UCLA Health reduced transfusions by 20% with clinical decision support,...
Transitioning from a hybrid electronic-paper format to all-electronic bar code scanning has created tremendous efficiencies and greater patient safety for the blood administration process at UCLA...
View ArticleIBM Watson, FDA align to boost public health with blockchain
IBM Watson Health and the FDA announced on Wednesday that they would work together on an initiative to create a secure, efficient and scalable exchange of health data using blockchain technology.The...
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Health information exchange: E pluribus unum?
The state of health information exchange (noun and verb) is complex, to say the least. The past decade-plus has given rise to a patchwork of approaches: public and private exchanges; statewide,...
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Interoperability guru Monroe Patillo takes American College of Clinical...
Monroe Pattillo will receive the 2016 ACCE-HIMSS Excellence in Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Synergies Award. It’s a joint honor conferred by the American College of Clinical...
View ArticleUniversity of Vermont Health Network plans to roll out $112.4 million Epic EHR
The University of Vermont Medical Center filed a certificate of need, or CON application, with the state of Vermont Jan. 3, seeking approval to create a unified electronic health record system across...
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Biggest obstacles to patient-centered care? Coordination and quality measurement
A new model of healthcare means provider organizations need to mobilize and marshal their resources to develop a coordinated, more efficient process of care, according to Tim Pletcher, executive...
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Mostashari: Value-based care demands free-flowing data
To say that a lot has changed in healthcare since last year’s HIMSS conference is an understatement. Right now, a new Congress and a new Administration are wrestling with how to repeal and replace the...
View ArticleInteroperability startup Redox scoops up $9 million to grow its network
Madison, Wis.-based Redox, which has built an integration platform for digital healthcare applications, has raised $9 million in Series B financing.Redox will use the capital to fast track its plans...
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Healthcare Interoperability and the New Age of Integration
Sponsor: Red HatPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
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Clinical gains in the cloud require rigorous data security homework
Like a lot of hospitals and healthcare organizations lately, Christiana Care Health System has been embracing cloud computing in earnest these past few years.The gains in speed, agility and convenience...
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Regenstrief scientist extols open source tool for consolidating patient data...
When it comes to medical records that fall under HL7’s clinical document architecture (CDA), doctors are faced with a quandary.Consolidating multiple CDA records on one patient could help to boost...
View ArticleDirect message transactions surging as the interoperability tool gains ground...
Six years after its first pilot projects were announced in 2011, Direct messaging could be reaching critical mass. Transactions increased 146 percent during 2016, according to a new DirectTrust report,...
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Jonathan Bush: Time for a health IT arms race
New technologies in consumer markets (travel, shopping, social/networking with friends, etc…) are continually drawing in people, creating new demand curves, while healthcare – with its faxes, beepers,...
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CEO spotlight: Allscripts' Paul Black on staying relevant in the maturing EHR...
Many tech titans and innovative upstarts are trying to solve the existing health data interoperability problem and to make data secure, transportable and actionable. Allscripts is among those.In an...
View ArticleEpic tops 2017 Best in KLAS awards, securing top spot for 7th straight year;...
Epic landed the top spot for Overall Software Suite in the 2017 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report, for the seventh consecutive year. The report draws from healthcare provider feedback.Epic...
View Article5 Steps to Succeed with Value-based Care
Author: GE HealthcareSponsor: GE HealthcarePrimary topic: Accountable CareTopic: Accountable CareInteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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HIMSS17 Interoperability Showcase: Cutting-edge technologies, trailblazers...
HIMSS senior director of interoperability initiatives Christel Anderson called the interoperability showcase at HIMSS17 both a conference destination and, even more, a starting point for attendees....
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Cerner president Zane Burke reveals open approach to interoperability
Cerner President Zane Burke said the company is continuing to push forward with a focus on overarching trends such as patient identification, population health – and an open philosophy to...
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