Texas Health Resources connects with HIE for real-time patient data
Texas Health Resources has gone live with a health information exchange connecting the regions of North, South and West Texas, joining 32 other healthcare organizations in the Lone Star State.The HIE,...
View ArticleEpic reveals R&D spending outstrips Apple, Google and its competitors
VERONA, WISCONSIN— Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner told Healthcare IT News in a recent interview at the company’s headquarters that the EHR giant invests 50 percent of its operating expenses on...
View ArticleAccenture unveils HealthTech Innovation Challenge
Accenture has announced the creation of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, which aims to bring together startup firms and prominent life sciences and health companies to address challenges...
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Healthix taps Verato to bolster patient matching in its HIE platform
Healthix, a health information exchange (HIE), on Thursday said it has selected Verato, a provider of patient matching applications, to improve accuracy and efficiency in identifying and linking...
View ArticleClarifying certification requirements for hospitals
Compliance & LegalElectronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyInteroperabilityMeaningful UseAs I've said many times, one of the great challenges we have is that the 2015 Edition final rule has...
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Industry leaders share expertise, next steps at Pop Health Forum 2016 in Chicago
Topic: InteroperabilityPatient EngagementPopulation HealthAuthor: Healthcare IT NewsSlideshow Image: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/pophealth-forum2016.jpgSlideshow Title:...
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Nebraska Medicine picks Epic for population health technology
Nebraska Medicine, a two-hospital system that implemented its Epic EHR three years ago, will roll out Epic’s population health platform Healthy Planet. The platform will serve 1,100 physicians using...
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McKesson unveils FHIR-based interoperability platform named Intelligence Hub
McKesson Health Solutions raised the curtain Monday on Intelligence Hub, a new interoperability platform built employing HL7’s FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) open standards to enable...
View ArticleHave we reached the tipping point for connected care?
InteroperabilityAchieving interoperability across boundaries and connecting providers for collaboration is a long process. Here are a few examples of customers where our interoperability technology is...
View ArticleNational Health IT Week 2016: What to expect
National Health IT Week 2016 kicks off next week in Washington, DC and around the country.“Given the incredible attention on the presidential, congressional and state elections and the likelihood that...
View ArticleWill MACRA spark interoperability advancements?
The rule on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) will be released early this fall. But even before it hits the street, the hefty law is having an impact.MACRA, designed to...
View ArticleNYU Lutheran launches Epic EHR, implements Imprivata patient ID
Brooklyn, N.Y.-based NYU Lutheran has launched Epic's electronic health record, consolidating the clinical systems at the health system's 22 inpatient and outpatient care settings, the health system...
View ArticleNew ONC chief Vindell Washington, MD: 'Time to pivot toward information sharing'
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has seen its influence and agenda-setting power evolve somewhat over the past decade, but one thing is clear, said its newest chief, Vindell...
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A Faster, Better, and Cheaper Patient Matching Approach
Author: VeratoSponsor: VeratoPrimary topic: EHRsTopic: EHRsInteroperabilityPopulation HealthResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleSurescripts gives EHR vendors access to its record locator service, Epic and...
Surescripts' announced that several electronic health record vendors, including Epic, eClinicalWorks, Greenway, NextGen and Aprima are now offering its National Record Locator Service to their clients....
View ArticleIBM: Employees, not outsiders, are responsible for majority of cyber threats
The number one threat to healthcare data isn't the most obvious. Rather than malevolent, faceless hackers, it's often an organization's own employees who open the door to theft, malware, ransomware and...
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Health IT execs have a new favorite dirty word
When eClinicalWorks rechristened its flagship electronic health record software as the cloud-based 10e, CEO Girish Navani said something curious: “I don’t want to call it an electronic health record...
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Interoperability: Ripe for disruption?
Interoperability as it stands now is a point in time. But what the healthcare industry really needs is a continuous ability to exchange health data among providers.Mario Hyland, founder and senior vice...
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ONC offers help navigating complex EHR contracts, post-go-live usability
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has put out new guidance for choosing EHRs and understanding the fine print of vendor contracts.The EHR contract guide – subtitle: Selecting Wisely,...
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HHS grants $1.5 million to boost health data flow
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, known as the ONC, has awarded $1.5 million to seven recipients of two Cooperative...
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