Key first steps for securing unruly connected devices
Every time a new piece of communications technology becomes a standard fixture in the healthcare industry it brings with it a new host of security and use concerns.Fax machines and insecure emails, for...
View ArticleEHR vendors say ONC proposed rules are too broad, would stifle innovation
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association has not yet formally submitted its comments on the proposed interoperability rules to the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT. But this week, the...
View ArticleHIMSS expert looks at implications of new healthcare policies
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View ArticleMGMA to ONC: consider cost, complexity of compliance with new...
The Medical Group Management Association is the latest industry group to offer feedback to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about...
View ArticleWalmart joins MediLedger, blockchain-based pharma tracking group
Walmart is the latest major company to sign on with the blockchain initiative Mediledger, which is exploring ways to harness distributed ledger technology to ensure the security and safety of...
View ArticleInnovaccer's new InAPI aims to boost exchange of health data
Innovaccer has announced the launch of InAPI, which aims to improve interoperability and better aggregate healthcare data through RESTful application programming interfaces.WHY IT MATTERS InAPI is...
View ArticleHIMSS to ONC and CMS: Open APIs key enablers for innovation, competition
HIMSS has published its comments – sent separately to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT – on their respective proposed rules on...
View ArticleVerato, AdVault partner on cloud-based patient matching platform
Cloud-based patient matching specialist Verato announced that ADVault, the developer of an all-digital advance care planning platform, is the first partner to join its Powered by Verato program.What...
View ArticleAccenture has a DARQ vision of healthcare's 'post-digital' era
Leading-edge health systems are already making strides with innovative use cases involving artificial intelligence and blockchain, but a new report from Accenture spotlights a couple other innovations...
View ArticleHospital care: Tear down these walls!
There is a broad consensus among experts that in order to cope with the challenges posed by ageing societies, healthcare will have to de-institutionalise to a certain degree. “There is an enormous...
View ArticleHouse votes to overturn long-standing unique patient identifier ban
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted 246 to 178 to approve the Foster-Kelly Amendment to HR 2740, which overturns the longtime ban on federal funding for a national patient identifier. This is a...
View ArticleHIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference: Watch Day 2 live stream
Also, watch Day 1 of the live stream from the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European conference..jumbotron{ background-image:...
View ArticleONC hears from healthcare industry on TEFCA interoperability proposals
Just weeks after receiving voluminous comments from all corners of the healthcareindustry about its proposed rules for the data exchange provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the...
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Hunterdon Healthcare migrates to Google Cloud/G Suite and saves $1.3 million
Hunterdon Healthcare is a health system with a 178-bed hospital, 65 ambulatory locations and more than 25 care facilities. The organization provides a full range of preventive, diagnostic and...
View ArticleEHRA to CMS on IPPS rules: Focus 'high-value' measures, keep 90-day reporting
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week about its proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System rules for acute and...
View ArticleCommonWell enlists Change Healthcare for new interoperability work
CommonWell Health Alliance has tapped Change Healthcare to bring information exchange technologies to members of the interoperability network. Change will provide patient identification and record...
View ArticleImproving interoperability on a global level
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View ArticleKentucky EDs gain access to data sharing tool with new Anthem grant
Emergency departments across Kentucky will get access to new information exchange technology, offering critical data for more informed treatment decisions, because of a $250,000 grant from the Anthem...
View ArticleCloud vendors Sansoro Health, Datica Health merge
Datica Health, which offers cloud compliance management services, and Sansoro Health, developer of integration and interoperity technologies, announced their merger this week.WHY IT MATTERS Together,...
View ArticleWhy FHIR community is growing exponentially
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