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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data.

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CMS Issues E-Prescribing Final Rule: Quick Takeaways in a No-Slowing-Down Reg Cycle – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new standards for electronic prescribing on June 13, concluding a complicated, 18-month regulatory process that came in fits and starts and went by without attracting much industry scrutiny. It allows prescribers to view on/off formulary designations from payers.

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Health Care Data Wars: Stretching the Regulations on Information Blocking and The New Burdens of AI

Healthcare IT Today

Hundreds of pages of regulations were produced from 2009 on, trying to force the health care industry to provide the data sharing (or “interoperability,” the term preferred in the industry) that other fields take for granted. Still, this application of the “information blocking” doctrine is unique.

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I Helped Accelerate FHIR, It’s Time to Scale

Healthcare IT Today

While the industry has made significant progress in driving the adoption of FHIR as a standard, we need to acknowledge the gaps between the current state and future vision and chart a regulatory path toward a truly interoperable future. As a data model, FHIR simply can’t solve infrastructure challenges like scalability and performance.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers.

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Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare IT Today

Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24MM in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Capital, IA Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Irongrey. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare.

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