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EHR Innovations That Should Be Happening But Aren’t

Healthcare IT Today

There are a lot of very exciting innovations that are happening to or are being talked about for EHR systems. But what innovations aren’t being discussed or happening for EHR systems that should be? Financial incentives for health organizations can encourage them to adopt interoperable EHR solutions.

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Data Readiness: The Key to Healthcare’s Digital Future

Healthcare IT Today

However, legacy systems often fall short of integrating this data into core healthcare operations. Implementing FHIR standards and API-based integrations is critical for seamless data sharing between digital health tools and core EHR systemsensuring patient-centric, connected care. ELLKAY is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

As a result, these provider types sit outside of current interoperability and health information exchange efforts and have been slow to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) due to a lack of government incentive programs. Since the U.S. A huge role often times. They can guide the direction of investments and focus of a company.

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Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare

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40% of physician-patient encounter spent with physician’s back to the patient while focused on the EHR screen). I spoke with Rasu as part of my ongoing series of fireside chats with healthcare innovation leaders – Harlow on Healthcare , on HealthcareNOW Radio.

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Innovating EHR Systems to Improve Interoperability and Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

Today we are going to focus on the role of EHR systems in this goal of improving interoperability and seamless data sharing between different healthcare providers. Vijay Adapala, EVP Global Supply Partnerships at Doceree Utilizing FHIR and HL7 standards for uniform data exchange allows EHR systems to facilitate smooth data sharing.

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The Future of EHR – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “The Future of EHR“ Much of health IT has been focused on the EHR for the past decade […]. We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 12/4 at Noon ET (9 AM PT).

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Federal Innovation Hubs Can Jump-Start Healthcare Technology Adoption

Healthcare IT Today

So slow, it may be decades before the benefits of one of today’s new technologies make a measurable impact in healthcare. In the early 2000’s, healthcare organizations began using electronic health records (EHRs). The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) is one example.