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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

Trust is a precursor to health engagement, I learned way back in 2008 when I collaborated with Edelman on the first Health Engagement Barometer in 2008. The cloud and FHIR standards are fostering a new era of interoperability in health care.

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Concord Technologies Acquires Top-Rated Salesforce App Provider, Opero

Healthcare IT Today

Adding Opero’s capabilities to its suite of solutions allows Concord Technologies to continue expanding the Concord Practical AI approach to Secure Document Exchange, Intelligent Document Processing, and Healthcare Interoperability while also serving the vast and growing market of Salesforce users. We’re proud to be a part of that mission.”

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Blockchain Could Save Healthcare Billions Every Year

Healthcare IT Today

While the shared ledger idea can be traced back to the 80s, blockchain technology emerged in 2008 as the foundation for decentralized currency, namely Bitcoin. . Unlike traditional distributed databases with centralized management, blockchain offers a shared database, providing security, transparency, traceability, and speed.

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Collaboration Across the Healthcare Ecosystem: A Key to Revenue Cycle Success

Healthcare IT Today

As electronic health record (EHR) systems become nearly universal and interoperability initiatives gain momentum, many healthcare providers assume their revenue cycle challenges are solved. In 2008, 9% of hospitals and 17% of office-based physicians used EHR systems. By 2021, these numbers had soared to 96% and 78%, respectively.

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HealthSnap Closes $25 Million Series B Funding Amidst Continued Triple Digit Growth of Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Innovative, interoperable, and patient-centric solutions like HealthSnap are essential as the number of individuals living with chronic conditions, unfortunately, continues to rise,” said Frederick.

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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off

Healthcare IT Today

History of EPCS Kyle Zebley, head of public policy American Telemedicine Association (ATA) , says that Congress called on the DEA to implement a policy for a special controlled substance registration process in 2008. This requirement languished for the past 15 years, probably because the DEA had a multitude of competing priorities.

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Intelerad Acquires Life Image, Establishing the Clear Medical Image Exchange Market Leader and Path to a Global Open Image Exchange Network

Healthcare IT Today

“Bringing together two of the industry’s leading image exchange providers further solidifies Intelerad’s commitment to helping clinicians and patients lead the revolution in imaging from a world of siloed PACS to a future of interoperable image exchange.”. Leading healthcare systems have been pushing for seamless interoperability. “At