Healthcare IT Today

MAY 8, 2024

Plus, they look at how interoperability can help address this problem and provide valuable analytics. In many cases, one of the biggest problem with these devices is that they’re not interoperable. An interoperable platform relieves the clinicians of this duty so they can spend more time with patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As the next phase in the evolution of interoperability, SDC allows for the secure and near real-time sharing of health data between devices at the point of care, regardless of the manufacturer. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2020

Despite the endless efforts healthcare organizations have made to support health data interoperability, the path still remains rocky. However, the pandemic has offered a sharp reminder that problems with patient data sharing can undercut treatment, particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic underway, a new study suggests.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

"Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health. "Interoperability issues resulted in many manual steps to get information between systems and tasks completed.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

I recently came across an article by Verto which identified 3 fundamental problems with interoperability and care coordination in healthcare as follows: Data Integration and Aggregation Sub-Set of the Data Relevant to a Particular Care Step Data Governance and Patient Transitions The article was spot on in identifying these problems.

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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. The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For health information technology (HIT) and electronic health record (EHR) vendors, new regulations that promote interoperability and transparency for PA workflows are an opportunity to significantly improve the experience for providers and the patients they serve.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The response to my article asking the question “Are we at the end of the healthcare interoperability tunnel?” I think some people thought that I was hammering on all the work that’s being done on healthcare interoperability. ” was quite interesting.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Given the relatively recent transition of leadership , I thought it would be a good time to check in with MEDITECH’s Executive Vice President & COO, Helen Waters. In our discussion, we cover a broad range of topics including how the leadership change has gone, the impact of COVID, and where they’re headed in the future.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the delayed enforcement of the federal Interoperability and Patient Access rule may have prompted a collective sigh of relief among healthcare leaders, but the pandemic demonstrates exactly why interoperability is needed—especially during a public […].

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Once I had the idea, I knew the perfect person to try out this long form interview: Brendan Keeler, Interoperability Practice Lead at HTD Health. He then went on to work at Redox doing interoperability and then followed that up working with Jonathan Bush at Zus Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2020

Healthcare interoperability has always been a hot topic, but it’s become even more interesting amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to better understand more about the current state of healthcare interoperability, I sat down (virtually of […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

This time we’re taking a look into EHR strategies and their standardization on the Oracle Cerner solution. Yeager shares details on the rollout of the EHR and the value of having a standard EHR across the enterprise. Next we discuss how Encompass Health has addressed referrals and interoperability with their partners.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2024

PointClickCare , having promoted interoperability for a long time in a few areas such as senior care, has expanded to include acute care, and particularly to connect it with post-acute care. Husainy says the regulations put “new teeth” into requirements for interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a collective holding of breath right now in health IT as the ONC appears likely to issue its final HTI-1 rule with new data standards for the next stage of healthcare interoperability soon. With compliance the immediate concern for many EHR vendors, when and where is the industry prepared to lead? There’s no time to waste.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2024

What do you think of this analogy between pipes, plumbing, and clean water with health data interoperability? Public Health is becoming a major discussion in most healthcare interoperability discussions. Just to be clear, I think this comment about the VA was in the context of their interoperability efforts.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

Much has been written about Larry Ellison’s vision of what he called a “National EHR Database.” To be clear, I’m not sure if this was Ellison’s goal with a “National EHR Database” or not. The second group to benefit from this National EHR Database was public health.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops. Both will require EHRs to redevelop different aspects of their roadmap simultaneously. And then what?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Click here to read the first feature, on AI and machine learning, and click here to read the second feature, on interoperability. "Consolidating onto a single video, portal and EHR has been both strategic and required substantial investment." " Leadership believes in telemedicine. " Dr. J.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Dr. Halamka is President of CHAI, and Dr. Brian Anderson was appointed the CEO this month following many years of leadership in responsible AI work. Enter Microsoft Copilot collaborating with Epic, the largest EHR supplier, and provider organizations that have adopted Epic. for every $1 invested.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Tom Liddell, CEO at Harmony Healthcare IT A successful career in health IT leadership requires a unique blend of technical expertise, regulatory knowledge, and strong communication skills. Familiarity with interoperability standards is also essential, as is the need to stay abreast of evolving compliance requirements.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

minutes on EHR per visit trying to find the time to do this for every patient in addition to all of their other tasks is very difficult. Finding a solution that improves EHR systems to increase efficiency and reduce clinician burnout should be a high priority for your organization. The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

While progress offers clear advantages for providers, many still suffer from archaic, interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems. With technology advances, healthcare organizations gain access to improved tools and better information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

It has also spearheaded interoperability, standards development and HIT policy initiatives. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium , which will design, test and complete a documented prototype for Electronic Prior Authorization integrated with the EHR. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The topic of healthcare interoperability is one that it feels like we’ve been talking about ad nauseam for nearly the entire 15 years I’ve been writing about healthcare IT. In fact, I’m sure the discussion started well before I started in health IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2024

(Trinity) , a leading provider of diversified financial solutions to growth-stage companies, today announced the commitment of $25 million in growth capital to Moxe Health (Moxe) , a leader in healthcare interoperability and clinical data exchange. ” This growth capital will enable the team at Moxe to continue to scale operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2020

In some exciting news for people who have been watching healthcare interoperability for a long time, Carequality has passed an emergency waiver that allows users to access the network and be able to query for records even if the EHR they use is not integrated (this was a requirement before the waiver). For those not […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This capital brings the company’s total funding to $165 million, enabling Suki to invest in commercial initiatives, accelerate product development, and expand its leadership team. The healthcare industry is clamoring for AI and we are proud to offer a suite of full-featured solutions that seamlessly interoperate with existing tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2020

As expected, HHS together with CMS and ONC have released the 21st Century Cures Act Final rule that most people have been calling the Information Blocking rule and/or the Interoperability Final rule. You can find the blog post announcing the final rule here and the Cures Act final rule landing page here. You can download […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

For EHRs faced with the daunting task of revamping platform technology and innovation roadmaps, the “ Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) ” final rule is like the elephant in the old proverb: too hard to consume all at once, more doable bite by bite.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We wrap up this interview series withBrendan Keeler, Interoperability Practice Lead at HTD Health , with a look at his time workin with Jonathan, Bush, a discussion of the EHR market including Epic’s rise to dominance, a discussion of whether Epic is a monopoly, and finally a look at patient access to health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. Buckle also shares her experience at the Interop Showcase and details of the recent CommonWell FHIR Connectathon where CommonWell members leveraged FHIR to improve interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 21, 2023

Sometimes health IT professionals forget that the goal is not just to put data in an EHR or to provide interoperability of data between health IT software. You may remember Bell and Kno2’s CEO, Jon Elwell, talking about the need to move from interoperability to Digital Transformation.

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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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