Mayo Clinic exploring blockchain EHR use cases with UK startup
Medicalchain, a London-based startup that develops blockchain technology for storing electronic health records, announced this week that it is has signed a working agreement with the Mayo Clinic to...
View ArticleCMS to host Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference this summer
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will convene its inaugural Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference in Washington, D.C.Kicking off on Aug. 13, the event seeks developers to work together...
View ArticleCMS unveils new Data Element Library to support interoperability for...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced what it calls the Data Element Library, aimed to help advance electronic health record interoperability in long-term and post-acute care...
View ArticleAtul Gawande says Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan healthcare venture will take...
SAN DIEGO - Atul Gawande, MD, addressed a range of topics concerning the direction healthcare needs to move at America's Health Insurance Plans Institute & Expo Thursday. Gawande took the AHIP...
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Blockchain in Healthcare
Author: Healthcare IT NewsSponsor: MerlinPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Financial/Revenue Cycle ManagementInteroperabilityResource Central: Upcoming...
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Your Guide to Fueling Growth & Better Patient Care
Sponsor: AmbraHealthPrimary topic: WorkflowTopic: ImagingInteroperabilityWorkflowResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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The Holistic Patient Health Record: Image Enabling the EHR
Sponsor: AmbraHealthPrimary topic: ImagingTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)ImagingInteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticlePresentation: How connectivity and interoperability can drive patient-centric...
Primary topic: InteroperabilitySponsor: SiemensPrimary Topic: InteroperabilityAdditional Topics: InteroperabilityTechnologyTechnologyEngagementInteroperabilityTechnologySpecific Terms: Patient...
View ArticleThe secret to integrated care
Primary topic: Government & PolicyPrimary Topic: Accountable CareAdditional Topics: Accountable CareCarePolicyInteroperabilityTechnologyPolicyCustom Tags: Accountable CareInteroperabilityDisable...
View ArticlePatient matching will lead to interoperability, Pew says
The Pew Charitable Trusts is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to tackle interoperability, patient identification and limited use of standards to describe clinical information.In...
View ArticleCMS creates Chief Health Informatics Officer position to lead...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted a new leadership position, Chief Health Informatics Officer, which will lead the agency’s interoperability efforts and health IT strategy.Posted...
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Next-gen interoperability: AI, blockchain, FHIR and open source analytics
Interoperability is the ultimate goal of healthcare information systems. Software and cloud-based services need to be able to talk to one another, to exchange clinical and administrative data to enable...
View ArticleProposed CMS interoperability requirements split industry groups
A proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule that would mandate data sharing for organizations participating in the program has split the industry into a wide debate that questions what’s...
View ArticleHealth Sciences South Carolina lights up a FHIR-based clinical data repository
While the FHIR specification continues gaining momentum, early success stories are happening among hospitals around the country. Health Sciences South Carolina, for instance, built a FHIR-based...
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How one startup is bringing blockchain to genomics and precision medicine
A major challenge in healthcare, of course, is non-interoperable data silos where useful information, including genomic and other healthcare data, stays in the hands of the organizations that gathered...
View ArticleIs healthcare capturing the right data?
Primary topic: AnalyticsPrimary Topic: AnalyticsAdditional Topics: AnalyticsDataInteroperabilityTechnologyTechnologyEHRAnalyticsDataSpecific Terms: WorkflowCustom Tags:...
View ArticleExperts weigh in on CMS' big changes to clinical documentation, EHRs and...
The "historic changes" announced late yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, promising big adjustments to its policies around the Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment...
View ArticleIDC and Gartner on blockchain: What CIOs should be doing now
Blockchain. Health IT professionals know about the distributed ledger technology so full of promise for boosting EHRs, enabling interoperability, data cybersecurity and streamlining the supply chain....
View ArticleEHRs can improve patient safety - if they're optimized well
Contrary to current levels of frustration among clinicians and other users, EHRs hold the power to positively impact patient care. But that takes a more thoughtful and phased approach than simply...
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How Enhanced Communication Improves Care Quality in the Field
Sponsor: AT&T BusinessPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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