Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2025

When a lot of people are all focused on one aspect of healthcare it can be really easy to get pulled into that same point of view and forget about other factors and angles. Looking for our answers, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community to ask them what EHR innovation should be happening that isn’t?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2024

MED connects EMR via cloud Telemedicine service My Emergency Doctor can now provide systems interoperability to enable hospitals to conduct virtual board rounds. According to a media release, the said hospital preferred to interoperate its systems with MED's EMR system through its existing HL7 messaging standard.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2020

As part of our Healthcare IT 100 in 100, we asked a wide variety of healthcare interoperability experts to chime in on the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare interoperability. Plus, then we asked them how it will impact health data sharing going forward.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Singh, VP Interoperability Solutions at ELLKAY. How Healthcare Organizations Can Modernize Legacy Data Infrastructure to Power AI, Cloud, and Digital Transformation The Next Era of Healthcare is Data Driven The future of healthcare belongs to organizations that can harness the power of their data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For a better understanding of how exactly EHR systems need to be tailored, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them how can user experience and interface design be improved in EHR systems to reduce clinician burnout and enhance workflow efficiency ? The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Patient education is just one example of many where pharmacists could take a more active role in the healthcare system and we could all benefit from pharmacists’ expertise. Another area where we haven’t enabled pharmacists has to do with pharmacy interoperability.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

News Interoperability: Where it's headed, and where IT leaders will be investing Five CIOs, a COO and a CMIO chart a course for the complex demands of data exchange, and discuss. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) By Bill Siwicki | November 15, 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2020

Despite repeated attempts to axe-the-fax in healthcare, it continues to be relied upon by healthcare organizations. J2 Global’s Consensus interoperability solution leans into and leverages this age-old technology to help organizations more easily (and securely) […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

We have made a lot of strides in healthcare looking for ways to recenter the patient in our decisions, inventing technologies like AI to reduce the clinician burden on our staff, and so much more. In order to truly improve healthcare, we need to have seamless interoperability and data sharing between different healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The announcement follows the release of the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule in July, which requires all health plans doing business with the […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. Davis for an in-depth interview. The refinements to their DrChrono system have allowed the team at Source Healthcare to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time on improving patient experience. The company grew out of a gap that Dr. Davis saw in his own practice.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2021

After hearing about DirectTrust passing the 2 billion message mark, we thought it would be valuable for readers to learn more about DirectTrust and the healthcare interoperability work their non-profit is doing.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Envision Radiology wanted more control over how healthcare information was shared so they could focus on delivering outstanding patient experience and outcomes. Only with this level of control could Envision connect with their healthcare partners and share imaging information quickly. Here’s how.

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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 Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

Rochester Regional Health is using a measured and practical approach to data interoperability. Starting Simple with Interoperability RRH began integrating external lab data into their Epic EMR to elevate interoperability. However, there was an unintended benefit of their interoperability efforts.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… EMR and RCM in the Cloud Providing Value to HealthNet. Read more… Why EMR Optimization Is a Continuous Process.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2023

University of Adelaide uses Sunrise EMR for practical exams The University of Adelaide has started adopting the Sunrise EMR system for practical examinations of fifth-year medical students. Sunrise EMR is the primary medical record system in all major public hospitals in metropolitan SA.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Acute Care EMR (Large Hospital/IDN: >200 Beds). Acute Care EMR (Community Hospital: ≤200 Beds). Interoperability Platforms. Ambulatory EMR (>75 Physicians). Ambulatory EMR (11–75 Physicians). Ambulatory Specialty EMR. NextGen Healthcare. NextGen Healthcare. Galen Healthcare.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. 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

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 18, 2023

For the 123rd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are discussing the recent Epic UGM and Civitas Conferences! Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks. Thanks so much for listening!

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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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 News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Home care visit verification platform leverages FHIR Health tech startup didgUgo is set to provide IT system interoperability to its partners who use its care visit verification solution. The company partnered with InterSystems to adopt the IRIS for Health platform to offer interoperability based on FHIR standards.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2020

A new health data interoperability survey by Healthcare IT Today with 82 responses suggests that when it comes to interoperability, healthcare organizations are struggling with many of the same challenges they faced five or even 10 years ago. Their objectives for doing so […].

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors, interoperability is often described as “difficult and “not frictionless” according to Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. Most IT organizations have the tech chops to be interoperable. They don’t want to buy another tool.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. 2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability – A third predictions post doing so well. Top Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcasts.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Healthcare Workforce. Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. Healthcare Consumerism. John and Colin’s 2023 Healthcare IT Predictions.

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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

JUNE 15, 2023

For HHM Health , an FQHC serving the Dallas area, interoperability and access to medical records is vital for establishing trust with their patients and saving lives. Interoperability saves lives. He was ever so grateful and still comes to our clinic now for his follow-up appointments. Tell us what you think.

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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 many ways, the pandemic has highlighted some of the challenges healthcare faces in sharing health data between providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2024

The following is a guest article by Shannon West, Chief Product Officer at Datavant Since the dawn of electronic medical records, American healthcare delivery systems have traced a winding path toward the dream of seamless and timely health data interoperability.

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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. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them how can health information management professionals leverage emerging technologies, such as AI , to enhance data integrity and streamline processes? Today, we are going to focus on emerging technologies in regard to health information management.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2025

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because theres so much happening out there in healthcare IT we arent able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure youre informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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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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