Pew to ONC chief Rucker: Patient matching and data standardization can fix...
The Pew Charitable Trusts has called on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to advance interoperability by focusing on patient matching and standards for clinical...
View ArticleWhat's next for health information exchanges?
Health information exchanges have for years been plagued by the looming question: Is HIE as a business model actually sustainable? And while few argue that they have faced challenges to basic survival,...
View ArticleMark Cuban-backed blockchain platform could transform secure messaging
A communications tool based on the blockchain technology behind Ethereum cryptocurrency is getting big backing from billionaire Mark Cuban.Cuban is an investor in Radical App, whose Mercury Protocol...
View ArticleHealth IT vendors, trade groups demand HHS eradicate information blocking
A group consisting of IT vendors and healthcare industry associations has recommended that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services take actions to eliminate information blocking.“This business...
View ArticleCHIME backs DirectTrust health data exchange, announces collaboration
CHIME will work with DirectTrust to advocate the deployment of the DirectTrust framework and health information exchange network as the universal common electronic interface for health information...
View ArticleHow smart pump EHR integration could save a community hospital $2 million
Dave Baumgardner, chief information officer at Dover, Ohio-based Union Hospital, said there was one primary driver for the decision to link the hospital's 160 or so smart infusion pumps with its...
View ArticleNQF says interoperability goes far beyond EHR-to-EHR data exchange
The National Quality Forum published a framework for measuring the progress of interoperable health information exchange.Within the 83-page document, NQF defined interoperability as “the ability of a...
View ArticleWhat's next for Allscripts-McKesson? Innovation and interoperability will be key
One month after Allscripts announced it would purchase McKesson's hospital IT business for $185 million, there are still plenty of open questions about how the deal will play out in a competitive...
View ArticleFDA final guidance on medical device interoperability highlights...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week released its final guidance for "smart, safe, and secure" interoperability, both among different medical devices and with IT systems.Developed using...
View Article4 former national coordinators, a CIO and a CEO weigh in on how to fix...
Meaningful use essentially digitized the healthcare system arguably faster than any other sector of the U.S. economy. But as with so many federal government programs, laws, rules and regulations, that...
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FDA exec to medical device manufacturers: 'Bake security into the design'
As more networked medical devices linked up, and as hackers ramp up their attack attempts on connected technologies, FDA is evolving in its approach to device security, said Suzanne Schwartz, MD,...
View ArticleEpic unveils interoperability tool for patients
Epic Systems introduced its Share Everywhere feature, which enables patients to grant doctors and caregivers access to their data.Not to be confused with the EHR vendor’s Care Everywhere, which enables...
View ArticleWhy blockchain could transform the very nature of EHRs
The variety of potential blockchain deployments in healthcare is getting wider. When ONC put forth its call for white papers in its blockchain challenge, for instance, it received more than 70...
View ArticleSuccessful EHR interoperability starts locally
Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Health Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityAdvisory Board Senior Vice President Rob Barras discusses the need for providers to start locally to spark...
View ArticleBlockchain for cybersecurity: What is its potential, what are its limitations?
Sachin Shetty, associate professor at Old Dominion University's Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research, is excited about blockchain's potential, and is doing research with Sentara Healthcare...
View ArticleDespite deregulation, we won't let EHR makers run wild, ONC chief promises
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s plans to change the ONC Health IT Certification Program has sparked some important questions. Wouldn’t allowing vendors to now simply say they're...
View ArticleCIO's advice on engaging operations and non-IT departments with your EHR
Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)InteroperabilityWorkflowMike Restuccia has seen firsthand the challenges and opportunities of deriving as much value as possible from your electronic health records...
View ArticleInteroperability shows progress, but it's slow progress at best
A new Health Affairs report on the state of interoperability in healthcare reveals scant progress in spite of what the authors of the report called “substantial efforts.”The researchers looked at 2014...
View ArticleManaging the Growing Demand for Medical Images
Sponsor: Merge, an IBM CompanyPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: InteroperabilityMobilePrivacy & SecurityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleEnhancing Patient Matching with Automated Data Stewardship
Sponsor: VeratoPrimary topic: Health Information Exchange (HIE)Topic: Health Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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