Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

There are a lot of components to consider and talk about in regards to interoperability and data sharing. Today we are going to focus on the innovative technologies and standards that are currently being employed to make our dreams of a better system of interoperability and data sharing a reality.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We talk a lot about sharing data and how it will improve patient outcomes and interoperability, but do we talk enough about how to do it safely? Healthcare is going to be rapidly advancing as patient data becomes more interoperable and effectively used across traditional organizational boundaries.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The current state of health data interoperability. The relationship between security and HIPAA-compliance. More about this episode: ' The health system of the future will be consumer-centric, wellness-oriented and digitally connected ' Pandemic-era burnout: How EHR vendors are redesigning UI and UX to battle stress.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

Interoperability for better outcomes and clinical advances. The goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances. The key to unlocking the data is interoperability across the entire health ecosystem.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Among the top obstacles are lack of access to data-sharing systems coupled with lack of interoperability between health IT investments, preference for paper and phone, and data privacy and security concerns. Think of APIs as tunnels into the clinical data warehouses that have been created by EHRs.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. As the pie chart from the study result illustrates, well over one-half of health care providers are interested in integrating SDOH data into the EHR. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Scott Alderman, Vice President of Operations at CyncHealth , wants to provide one-stop access to the longitudinal patient record, while reducing the clicks needed to navigate the electronic health record (EHR). Ensuring the efficient flow of information is fundamental to advancing interoperability.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

Advanced device integration will allow data flow between the providers' EHR and patients' personal devices. With a HIPAA-secure communication channel and easy integration with personal devices, telemedicine removes challenges faced by remote and isolated patients. Moreover, accessibility to healthcare will continue to climb.

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Import Immunity

MARCH 23, 2015

But the technologies were in no way appropriate to actually deploy in the real world, so things fell into place nicely — success at the Connectathon allowed EHR vendors to claim high ground on interoperability, but without any risk that it would actually be implemented for real. One issue was technical complexity for sure.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

EHCs can: Simplify interoperability, enabling data to move into applications. With the alarming growth of cyber-threats in healthcare, it’s key for an enterprise health cloud to address security rules, safeguards and specs required by HIPAA. Enter the enterprise health cloud (EHC).

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability. The solution to these challenges lies in the adoption of interoperable data systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We start off our interview with asking Weitnauer about what’s required to reconcile the competing requirements of government regulations (CURES Act, Interoperability Regulations, HIPAA, etc). While at the AHIMA conference, I had a chance to dive deeper into this topic with MRO’s Chief Product Officer, Mo Weitnauer.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

One of the key goals of health care reform, going back to HIPAA in 1996 and particularly the HITECH act of 2009, is to allow the free flow of patient data in a secure and privacy-preserving way. Keeler and Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas Networks for Health , say that many other firms have similar axes to grind in relation to EHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Mateusz Krempa, COO at Piwik Pro Broader reflection and discussion on HIPAA-compliant technologies would help the industry see beyond popular solutions and identify tools that balance successful data processing with regulatory requirements. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., advertising platforms).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If you’re not sure whether you’re participating in TEFCA, contact your health information exchange (HIE), QHIN, or electronic health record (EHR) provider. We are fully invested in using Networked Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) for connecting with payers. The exact process varies from QHIN to QHIN.

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Redox

MAY 6, 2024

To that end, when I talk with prospective customers of Redox, I often describe Carequality as the fastest way to go live with meaningful interoperability— measured in days rather than weeks or months. new test results) or you need to be able to write data back to their charts in EHRs. Carequality requires reciprocity.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bal Heroor, CEO and Principal at Mactores The healthcare industry generates enormous amounts of data daily, from electronic health records (EHRs) to medical claims, research studies, wearables, and other digital health devices. Another significant challenge in healthcare data management is data quality.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

2 Seamless interoperability and integration management will be critical to this hybrid approach. 3 In healthcare, there may be even deeper complexities as organizations are seeking to extract value from the cloud without disrupting patient care and the day-to-day operations of their legacy electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Familiarity with interoperability standards is also essential, as is the need to stay abreast of evolving compliance requirements. To increase their value to their organizations, IT professionals should build their knowledge and skills to include expertise in EHR systems (ex., Epic), regulations and compliance requirements (ex.,

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers. AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Data interoperability is, and has been, a long-standing issue in healthcare. The failure to achieve effective data interoperability disrupts provider operations and payer-provider relationships, leading to delayed claim processing, reduced revenue streams, and inefficiencies across the board.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Yesterday, we shared a number of the insights into the health data and interoperability needs in healthcare. For example, extensive pre-work to uplift network infrastructure is often a prerequisite for vital EHR enhancements. Charlie Clarke, Senior Vice President of Technology at hc1. Matt Donahue, CTO at CloudWave.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

That’s the value of platforms that connect to otherwise disparate EHRs and other FHIR data sources. Part of the solution is more seamless integration with EHRs and a better user experience. Part of the solution is more seamless integration with EHRs and a better user experience. Cynthia Casatelli at e4.health

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jim Cropper, Director of Sales at Brother International Healthcare technology development and modern security needs are continually evolving, calling for a shift toward digitization and interoperability to facilitate easier access to information, and more efficient and effective healthcare delivery.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 5, 2021

Cybercrime has been on the rise in healthcare and introducing video tools that aren’t secure or even HIPAA compliant has opened a door to attacks. Today’s patients are savvy consumers as well, and looking for providers who can assure them of a HIPAA-compliant virtual experience that protects their sensitive data. Evidence-based care.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 23, 2018

Interoperability is an overlapping set of technical and policy challenges, from data access to common data models to information exchange to workflow integration – and these challenges often pose a barrier to healthcare innovation. Microsoft has been engaged for many years on developing best practices for interoperability across industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

During the past year, PointClickCare certified their service as an EHR with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), which allows the company to demonstrate compliance with laws and standards such as HIPAA. ” The company has made particular progress as a provider for skilled nursing facilities.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JULY 8, 2024

Technological Barriers Interoperability Issues One of the primary technological barriers is the lack of interoperability between different RPM devices and healthcare information systems. Many RPM systems operate on proprietary platforms, making it difficult to integrate data seamlessly into Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

One example of leveraging AI as a tool to integrate new information sources could be by integrating natural language processing to both recognize audio, visual, and written communications and provide additional context or patient information from their EHR in real-time. This includes mediums like video, infographics, and even entertainment.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While it may be true that the EHR is the main tool for a clinician, the same is not true for patients. Yes, and the EHR has patient data too. Plus, patients are engaging with the healthcare system on social media, on ratings and review websites, through ads, and other third party websites.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. People Interoperability company Rhapsody named Sagnik Bhattacharya as Chief Executive Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s no secret that time spent on administrative responsibilities, including time spent in poorly designed EHRs, are contributing to physician burnout and ultimately, workforce shortages. This avoids the laborious process and delays associated with calling, faxing, and contacting providers and family members.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

It’s a good strategic move for the EHR vendor, but it also benefits eCW customers, as John found out when he spoke to Bryant Stetz at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute and learned that hosted EHR helped can help practice expand their national footprint since they don’t need to find new physical data center.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2024

Digital cloud fax technology, the next step in fax’s evolution, enabled a greater volume of transmission more reliably; this technology currently transmits millions of HIPAA-protected documents daily. Larkin is a leading expert on Cloud Fax and how it can help address the challenges of data interoperability in healthcare.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Healthcare software vendors prioritize projects that use HL7 ® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ® ) over those built on other standards for many reasons. In addition to the benefits of FHIR, interoperability mandates are moving the market incrementally, but towards FHIR domination. Let’s dive in.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. DoJ Joins False Claims Whistleblower Suit Against EHR Vendor Modernizing Medicine – Everyone seems to flock to judgments and lawsuits like this one. 2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability – A third predictions post doing so well. Healthcare GIS.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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