CommonWell Health Alliance, NATE join forces for security and interoperability
Health Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityPrivacy & SecurityThe reciprocal membership agreement aims to move the needle on cross-vendor data exchange.Mike MiliardThe National Association for...
View ArticleProviders say they're ready to progress to precision medicine
AnalyticsData WarehousingElectronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityPrivacy & SecurityHealthcare leaders know it's the future, but there 'remains a lot of work to be done on the details of...
View ArticleHL7 posts new FHIR test version tuned for clinical decision support, complex...
EHRsHealth Information Exchange (HIE)HL7InteroperabilityDubbed release candidate number 3, the latest incarnation of the emerging interoperability standard also brings advancements for workflow,...
View ArticleHHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell: Doctors, hospitals must stand up against data...
Electronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityPrivacy & SecurityThe Health and Human Services chief said that HHS is working to eliminate data...
View ArticleONC fires up $1.5 million in grants to fuel interoperability
EHRsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityTwo new funding initiatives, dubbed High Impact Pilots Standards Exploration Award, will focus on improving care delivery and...
View ArticleJoe Biden to healthcare leaders, technology developers, researchers: 'We need...
AnalyticsClinicalElectronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyInteroperabilityPopulation HealthAt Health Datapalooza, the Vice President said healthcare technology is inhibited by data silos and a...
View ArticleCalling for semantic interoperability standards that enable clinical data...
Government & PolicyInteroperabilityPenn Medicine associate vice president of health technology Brian Wells makes the case for creating standards that map rich clinical data in EHRs and other...
View ArticleTwo Missouri hospitals tap Cerner for EHR
ClinicalElectronic Health RecordsHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityPopulation HealthRural providers look toward promise of interoperability, data exchange for population health.Bernie...
View ArticlePost-acute IT 'getting interesting' as attention turns to EHRs, analytics,...
Accountable CareAnalyticsElectronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityPopulation HealthThe move toward value-based care is seeing LTPACs 'organize and have a stronger voice, with implications on the acute...
View ArticleArdent Health Services to implement Epic EHR
Electronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityNetwork InfrastructureThe $150 million project will pull together 14 hospitals and three clinics on single platform, replacing 80 information systems currently...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia hospital achieves HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 EMRAM
EHRsInteroperabilityKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital pointed to the implementation of InterSystems’ TrakCare health information system in helping it move from Stage 6 to Stage 7 in less than two...
View ArticleOhio’s Lake Health taps Cerner for EHR, interoperability, population health
EHRsInteroperabilityNetwork InfrastructurePopulation HealthWorkflowInvestment likely to shape future of Lake Health, officials sayBernie MonegainCONCORD TOWNSHIP, OHIO - Lake Health, with 14...
View ArticleSt. Charles Health System to implement Epic EHR
EHRsInteroperabilityMeaningful UseThe Oregon-based network said the new electronic health record system will help it improve care quality and coordination.Bill SiwickiSt. Charles Health System has...
View ArticleState of the Industry: Healthcare Interoperability & The Patient Voice
HIMSS16 Social Media Ambassadors John Lynn and Shahid Shah exchange opinions on the state of interoperability and patient care. Part of the Social Media Debates series hosted by Beth Jones Sanborn,...
View ArticleONC task force recommends adding Precision Medicine Initiative to...
Government & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityMeaningful UseThe advisory committee said that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT should accelerate the...
View ArticleMedical University of South Carolina aims to bolster patient monitoring for...
ClinicalInteroperabilityPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyIn a $36 million contract with Philips, the hospital system is working to improve the collection and management of patient data to...
View ArticleAllscripts President Rick Poulton: EHR vendors need to move away from...
EHRsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityMeaningful UseWith meaningful use winding down, Poulton urged other EHR makers to work on technologies that enable providers...
View ArticleEHRs hinder population health progress while MACRA has potential to ease...
Accountable CareEHRsGovernment & PolicyInteroperabilityPopulation HealthSimplified regulations around MACRA meaningful use could address the loss of efficiency and usefulness of electronic health...
View ArticleEHRs now nearly ubiquitous in hospitals as ONC Annual Meeting gets under way
EHRsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityMeaningful UseHalf of hospitals routinely use patient information received electronically from other providers, which...
View ArticleONC and CMS: We're at a critical inflection point for EHRs, interoperability
EHRsGovernment & PolicyInteroperabilityMeaningful UseNow that almost all U.S. hospital are using electronic health records, the industry is ready for the next phase of information sharing, improved...
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