Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Talking with one expert at the conference, they highlighted how eHealth Exchange was far ahead on their implementation of FHIR versus most of the other networks. Plus, I couldn’t resist the FHIR pun. What do you think of this analogy between pipes, plumbing, and clean water with health data interoperability?

eHealth 75

eHealth Interoperability FHIR Health Data 75

Redox

MARCH 14, 2024

Up first: Using bulk FHIR. What is bulk FHIR? Like many aspects of HL7 ® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ® ), there has been a lot of hype about the potential of using bulk FHIR to get large amounts of data out of EHRs. That’s where bulk FHIR comes in.

FHIR 59

FHIR Interoperability EHR Patient Experience 59

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. And now, check out our community’s healthcare analytics and interoperability predictions. The interoperability community has been waiting for the updated Prior Authorization proposal after the late 2020 proposal was withdrawn due to concerns about costs and deadlines.

Interoperability 94

Interoperability Health IT FHIR EMR 94

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In order to truly improve healthcare, we need to have seamless interoperability and data sharing between different healthcare providers. Improving interoperability and seamless data sharing is vital as we work towards a better future and there are plenty of different methods to do this. The following are their answers.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability EHR FHIR EMR 69

Health Intersections

MARCH 28, 2020

In a number of contexts, people are using FHIR in production to make or report on patient appointments. How to represent this in FHIR: Mark an appointment as a virtual appointment. Examples include telephone conference, email exchange, robotic surgery, and televideo conference. it) has co-morbidities that are known risk factors.

FHIR 97

FHIR Telehealth Interoperability 97

Redox

MARCH 29, 2024

In the first post, I covered how Redox is overcoming current limitations with bulk FHIR. This time, I’ll be discussing our capabilities to translate between HL7 ® v2 and HL7 ® FHIR ® —a reoccurring challenge for many of our customers. However, modern technology shops want everything in FHIR. Let’s dive in. What does HL7 v2 do?

FHIR 59

FHIR Interoperability EHR Digital Health 59

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2024

For example, GitHub Copilot is helping Greenway developers quickly refactor legacy code. Interoperability In addition to his Greenway duties, Cohen also serves on the board of Commonwell Health Alliance. He has a unique perspective on what is and isn’t working when it comes to interoperability across the US healthcare ecosystem.

Interoperability 120

Interoperability FHIR Healthcare IT Health Information 120

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. Because FHIR resources have a defined structure, they can be accessed, manipulated, and exchanged in ways that other standards aren’t today. Let’s dive in.

FHIR 69

FHIR Digital Health EHR Interoperability 69

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 4, 2023

The IHE IT-Infrastructure committee continues to produce new and improved specifications for HIE interoperability. The first is the ability to exchange a list of health data locations, which enables Record Locator Services to interoperate with consumers wishing to discover the location of patient records within a health information exchange.

FHIR 119

FHIR HIE Interoperability Health Data 119

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.

Interoperability 78

Interoperability HIE EMR FHIR 78

Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here are some specific reflections: FHIR adoption: We missed the mark on our HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) growth prediction. It certainly is growing, but FHIR has not picked up the steam we had hoped for in 2023. We reflected on that in our recap of 2023 FHIR DevDays. Sadly, he was wrong.

Interoperability 59

Interoperability FHIR Digital Health eHealth 59

Redox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

2023 HL7 ® FHIR ® DevDays in Amsterdam stood out in a few ways, and in case you weren’t able to make it to the event, here’s your chance to digest the newly uploaded session recordings. These sessions highlighted two crucial truths about FHIR capabilities and adoption. In the meantime, check out our latest FHIR content below.

FHIR 59

FHIR HIPAA EHR Digital Health 59

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2022

While the advent of modern interoperable approaches is gaining attention by reducing data entry burden – such as through pre-population of eCRFs using electronic health record data – the available data is still limited to a participating site’s point-in-time interactions with a given patient.

Interoperability 193

Interoperability FHIR Health Data Primary Care 193

GlobalMed

MARCH 10, 2020

GlobalMed recently announced that it is delivering FHIR-enabled integration to address interoperability limits between virtual care delivery solutions and other systems such as EHRs and practice management software. Has your system changed its compatibility with FHIR versions and upgraded from STU2 to 3? Introducing DIMS.

Interoperability 59

Interoperability Health Data FHIR EHR 59

Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The project has been successful in developing and implementing a number of standards, including the Argonaut FHIR Data Exchange Standard and the Argonaut FHIR API Standard. The Argonaut Project focuses on the development and implementation of FHIR, a standard for exchanging healthcare data.

Interoperability 64

Interoperability FHIR Leadership Health Data 64

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2024

At the heart of healthcare interoperability is The Seqoia Project and Carequality. I was blessed to attend their combined annual meeting to hear from some of the leading experts in healthcare interoperability. It was also really amazing to hear how people see directories as a way to build trust in interoperability.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability FHIR Health Data Healthcare IT 69

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR eHealth 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR eHealth 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

Drawing from this experience on both sides of the equation, I believe the next generation of EHRs can better meet the needs of all involved with better usability, interoperability, and flexibility. Enhancing Interoperability In addition to greater usability, EHRs need better data-sharing capabilities to bring real value to the clinical space.

EHR 98

EHR Interoperability FHIR Digital Health 98

Redox

MARCH 29, 2023

FHIR ® R5 has been officially released at hl7.org/fhir. This is the fifth major version of FHIR, and the culmination of years of work by talented HL7 volunteers. As a very programmable specification, FHIR can generate a list of all the differences from R4. This is exciting as it means FHIR is closer to becoming very stable.

FHIR 40

FHIR Interoperability 40

Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2022

What Is Interoperability in Healthcare? The ability of different systems, devices, and applications to work together and exchange information seamlessly is known as interoperability in healthcare. CMS Calls for FHIR Adoption to Enhance Interoperability in Healthcare IT. The proposed rule also includes five RFIs.

Interoperability 52

Interoperability FHIR Health Information Medicare 52

HAY on FHIR

MAY 24, 2021

Before we start thinking of the specifics of coding in lab tests, a quick review of coded data in FHIR in general is probably a good idea. The strength of the binding is ‘example’, which means that, actually, any code from any codesystem is allowed. For example, a url value of [link] would indicate that this is a LOINC code.

FHIR 58

FHIR Interoperability 58

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2021

In health care, we turn to ANSI health data standards like HL7 and FHIR for data interoperability, and DICOM for moving medical images from place to place. Foundation, for example, has several micro-themes embodied in its color group like dreaming, resting, and writing.

Public Health 177

Public Health FHIR Interoperability Telehealth 177

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

High-quality, reliable data is crucial to getting most things done in healthcare, especially for healthcare interoperability. We’ve made some great strides in improving interoperability, in no small part due to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).

Interoperability 78

Interoperability eHealth FHIR EHR 78

American Well

APRIL 13, 2020

As a healthcare innovator, Intermountain has worked diligently to put in place both patient-facing and back-end integrations needed for successful enterprise-wide telehealth interoperability. For example, we leverage a lot of FHIR APIs to pull information from Cerner and communicate that with DFD.

Patient Experience 62

Patient Experience Interoperability Telehealth Connected Care 62

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.

EHR 81

EHR Interoperability FHIR Health Information 81

Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Two independent projects this week sent to the FHIR mailing list their diagrams of how they are using FHIR as an API to classic XDS environments. The power of using FHIR as a simplifying API to classic environments. Our project will use FHIR as an abstraction layer for the application. These are great examples.

FHIR 40

FHIR HIE EHR Interoperability 40

Redox

MAY 6, 2024

In the first two posts, I covered how Redox is overcoming current limitations with bulk FHIR and translating data between HL7 ® v2 and HL7 ® FHIR ®. An example Let’s say your AI telehealth application has been purchased by a virtual urgent care clinic for use by their clinicians. Let’s dive in. What is Carequality?

Interoperability 59

Interoperability Digital Health EHR FHIR 59

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For example, eHealth Exchange participants are taking advantage of its single API to join Carequality and TEFCA with no additional subscription fees or paperwork to sign. We are fully invested in using Networked Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) for connecting with payers.

eHealth 83

eHealth FHIR Interoperability HIE 83

Health Intersections

OCTOBER 10, 2018

I’m very honoured to make a guest today from Mike Morris, who I met at the HL7 FHIR Applications Round Table in Washington DC a couple of weeks ago. Mike is a cancer patient who is using FHIR improve his own treatment. With FHIR, we can now integrate multiple vendor systems (e.g., Cancer Rears Its Ugly Head.

FHIR 61

FHIR EHR Interoperability 61

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? A great example of this is de-identified patient data sets, where we’re able to take a large volume of data and determine trends. So many good answers here!

Health Information 128

Health Information HIPAA Interoperability eHealth 128

Health Intersections

JULY 17, 2018

FHIR defines a Questionnaire resource that specifies a set of questions for a user, along with a QuestionnaireResponse resource to capture their response. A few of us have been working on proposals for how these problems could be solved in an interoperable way. Prepopulating a questionnaire. This extension defines a ‘variable’.

FHIR 46

FHIR Interoperability 46

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For example, artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to improve financial forecasting, risk management, and decision-making processes while automation can streamline routine operations and improve productivity to reduce costs. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR, HL7).

Health IT 134

Health IT Interoperability Mental health FHIR 134