COVID-19 vaccine credential app now available for small businesses, schools
The Commons Project announced on Thursday that it had released a free COVID-19 vaccination verification app. The SMART Health Card Verifier, available for download on iOS and Android devices, is aimed...
View ArticleONC updates interop specs for sexual orientation, gender identity and SDOH
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Friday released the United States Core Data for Interoperability version 2, with updated details on how data elements related...
View ArticleTackling interoperability with EHRs and billing systems from different vendors
Although the topic and importance of interoperability has been discussed for years, according to new research from health IT and market-intelligence company Definitive Healthcare, about one in five...
View ArticleMeet the informaticist trying to solve the mystery of long COVID
So much about "long COVID," more formally known as Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, or PASC, is still unknown.Why do some patients, weeks or months after their initial infection, still...
View ArticleONC says TEFCA will be live in 2022
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced this week that the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA, will be live in 2022. "The Internet has taught us that...
View ArticleLearn how enterprise IT strategies can enable modernization for improved care...
Hear how enterprise IT strategies present numerous opportunities for improving and transforming healthcare including; improving administrative efficiencies, facilitating clinical advancement, and...
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Leveraging Big Data to Improve Healthcare: Insights for Executives
Sponsor: RochePrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleVirtual healthcare trajectory remains vital post-pandemic
Like everyone, Michelle Snyder is eagerly awaiting the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and a return to normalcy. The Partner with McKesson Ventures, a San Francisco-based investment firm, however, is...
View ArticleSmart data integration along the patient pathway
In medicine, decisions have a clear goal: the good of the patient. These decisions are shaped by professional standards, expert knowledge, wishes of the patient, and therapeutic possibilities. In...
View ArticleNHS COVID pass scheme could be open to exploitation
As businesses in England open their doors on ‘freedom day’ yesterday (20 July), concerns have been raised that people can falsely obtain an NHS COVID pass due to a glitch in the system.The NHS COVID...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud study finds overwhelming physician support for interoperability...
A new batch of research from Google Cloud finds near-universal agreement among physicians that interoperability should be a top priority for the hospitals and health systems where they practice.WHY IT...
View ArticleThe future of telehealth: Informatics, scalability and interoperability
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value.The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside...
View ArticleMassachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'
After more than 15 years of creating and pushing health IT innovations forward in the state, the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative has completed its final dissolution.This week, the organization...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud intros new interoperability platform
Google Cloud on Thursday unveiled its new Healthcare Data Engine, which it says is designed to give researchers and clinicians a more real-time, holistic view of patient records.WHY IT MATTERS The goal...
View ArticleFrench parliament passes law to make COVID pass mandatory
The French parliament approved a bill this morning (26 Juy) requiring citizens to show a COVID pass to access restaurants, bars, trains and planes from August.Since 21 July, the ‘pass sanitaire’ has...
View ArticleLearn how the EHR has grown from a workflow and billing application to a...
Hear how leading provider organizations use the EHR to drive strategic goals. In the early days of the EHR providers saw it as a digital facsimile for paper documentation, but in leading organizations...
View ArticleLeveraging RFID Tech for Medication Management
InteroperabilityRFID/RTLSManufacturer-enabled smart labels with RFID tags can help healthcare organizations track drug inventory and reduce medication errors.Over the past decade, healthcare...
View ArticleONC wants input on Qualified Health Information Network framework
The Sequoia Project – which was tapped by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to be the recognized coordinating entity for the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and...
View ArticleEpic to launch EpicShare at HIMSS21
Epic will launch EpicShare, aimed at providing a space for decision-makers to learn and share tips about health IT, at the 2021 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas this year....
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