Examples, Healthcare IT and Interoperability

The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Even while the pandemic continues, healthcare provider organizations have begun to stabilize these infrastructures and revisit the technologies and workflows deployed earlier in the crisis and turn them into standard practices. With telehealth and remote patient monitoring comes the need for interoperability and security.

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One Way to Improve U.S. Healthcare, Lower Costs and Drive Outcomes? “Unvendor,” Asserts Dr. Harm Scherpbier in His New Book

Health Populi

MARCH 20, 2025

RPA is a great example of health technology in the unvendor environment. This is a great example of the power of un-vendoring, Harm asserts. RPA is but one of many examples Harm pointed to: one of the areas that strongly resonated with me was population health, which is not easily managed through the single-vendor EHR.

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Pushing Forward Healthcare Interoperability Efforts by The Sequoia Project in 2025

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

While they have gotten a lot of attention for being the TEFCA RCE, The Sequoia Project has almost a dozen healthcare interoperability projects they are working on. For example, privacy and consent have been hot topics in the world of healthcare interoperability with new regulations popping-up across the country.

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Telehealth is past the 'tipping point' – how's it doing with interoperability?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2019

As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. " Interoperability is important for folks on both sides of the video screen, the ATA added. WHY IT MATTERS. but worldwide.

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What to expect in Asia-Pacific health IT in 2025?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 8, 2025

AI and virtual care models continued to be the craze in healthcare, owing to their clear support for improving clinician productivity and patient outcomes. Healthcare IT News sought predictions from and expectations of healthcare providers and technology vendors in APAC for health IT this 2025.

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OntarioMD is Making Interoperability a Priority for Ontario

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In a recent interview with Healthcare IT Today , Aidan Lee, Director of the Certification Program at OntarioMD , and Matt LaDuke, Director of Products, Integrations, and Service Management, shed light on the evolving landscape of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the state of interoperability in the healthcare sector.

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Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2024

Interoperability is game-changing not just in a clinical setting, but it holds tremendous potential for healthcare’s financial stakeholders as well. For example, prior authorization and patient eligibility are now key steps to ensuring price transparency and fewer financial surprises for patients. “So

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EHR Innovations That Should Be Happening But Aren’t

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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Pharmacy Interoperability and Pharmacy Perspectives Coming Out of the ONC Annual Meeting

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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Unifying telemedicine efforts can help health systems succeed with virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For example, with Virtual Sitter with AI assistance, a single, remote staff member now can monitor significantly more patients than an in-person sitter, helping to increase the capacity of healthcare inpatient teams and significantly reduce costs. at HIMSS25 in Las Vegas. at HIMSS25 in Las Vegas.

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Fax As An On-Ramp for Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

The journey to achieve interoperability in healthcare has been too long and too expensive. To address this, companies have put effort into creating interoperability tools and platforms designed to make it easier to exchange data. To accelerate interoperability efforts, however, creating more technology may not the answer.

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Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2024

While many healthcare systems have moved away from mail, phone, and fax for medical records transfer, it’s clear that not enough have taken advantage of available technologies to maximize healthcare interoperability. A secure, streamlined process also builds all-important patient trust.

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Supporting emergency medical response with mobile technology

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 2, 2025

Now the hospital can connect the physician in the ED or any location to help, for example, EMS staff interpret an EKG or authorize them to initiate certain medications. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access Population and Public Health Interoperability Care Data and Information Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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BluByrd and DrChrono Deliver Seamless Staff and Patient Experiences for Source Healthcare

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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Improving EHR Systems with User Experience and Interface Design to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Enhance Workflow Efficiency

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

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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Weekly Roundup – November 23, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 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. A Look at Epic Culture and Interoperability with Brendan Keeler. Read more… How Healthcare AI Automation Improves Accuracy and Trust.

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Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT and Their Regulatory Considerations

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

To talk more about the regulatory considerations for implementing these emerging technologies, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights. For example, the CMS-0057-P proposed rule requires the use of FHIR APIs and essentially builds upon previous regulations.

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Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Enhance Data Integrity and Streamline Processes

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? Publics trust in the healthcare ecosystem may take irreparable damage if AI models are not fair and unbiased.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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 Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back? In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update regulations. The following is what they had to say.

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Benefits and Challenges of Integrating AI and Machine Learning into EHR Systems

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2024

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask what are the potential benefits and challenges of integrating AI and machine learning into EHR systems? Additionally, this innovation must address challenges such as data accuracy, patient privacy, and interoperability. Below are their answers.

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Interoperability Saves Lives and Builds Trust at HHM Health

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. Brown illustrated the importance of Prisma to their community with the following example: We had a brand new patient come in. Interoperability saves lives.

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What the future holds for HHS-OIG health IT enforcement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 28, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services aims to protect the integrity of federal healthcare programs, in addition to the health of beneficiaries. As one example, he pointed to telehealth, which has enormous potential to increase access to service and decrease burdens. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Many smart, dedicated people have relentlessly pursued nationwide healthcare interoperability, and the arrival of TEFCA represents both a major milestone and a significant opportunity for the industry to pause and carefully consider our next steps based on past attempts and current endeavors. About Zach Finn.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

Combined with the recent close of its acquisition of Nuance Communications, Microsoft seeks to amplify healthcare organizations' ability to help others by leveraging artificial intelligence to address the biggest challenges transforming the future of healthcare. Interoperability for better outcomes and clinical advances.

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Enhancing Interoperability and Data Sharing with Innovative Technologies and Standards

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

There are a lot of components to consider and talk about in regards to interoperability and data sharing. The inventive ideas and possibilities of where it can go and what it could do, the rules and regulations surrounding this area of healthcare, the privacy and concerns, etc. The following are their answers.

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Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Insurers both large and small , for example, are partnering or even acquiring organizations that specialize in VBP; the same goes for physicians groups and groups that provide home care. With proper privacy and security policies and protocols, EHR interoperability will help expand the implementation of VBP in several ways.

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Altera Addresses Data Integration and Patient Engagement in Canada

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 5, 2024

While many in the Healthcare IT Today community likely know Altera, Sunrise, and dbMotion from their work in the US, it’s great to learn the work they’re doing to address the health IT issues in Canada. For example, how are they addressing interoperability of health data across the provinces in Canada.

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Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

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 Has A Data Resolution Problem

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

According to Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture , even if we solve the interoperability challenge in healthcare, we will still have to work to refine the data to make it useful. The latter is a hidden challenge that healthcare organizations are not paying enough attention to. We are making progress.”

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The Business of Giving Patients Control of Their Health Data – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 87

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2022

For the 87th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about The Business of Giving Patients Control of Their Health Data. While that’s clear, the business […] For the 87th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about The Business of Giving Patients Control of Their Health Data.

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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2022

CVS Health Virtual Primary Care will feature a member-selected physician-led Care Team – comprising, for example, nurse practitioners, RNs or licensed vocational nurses – who can be accessed through the platform. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare Interoperability is Falling Short. How Do We Address It?

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

John Blair, III, MD, CEO at MedAllies It’s been well-documented for years that the healthcare industry has an interoperability problem. The commercial efforts to date to push interoperability forward have made true advances. The commercial efforts to date to push interoperability forward have made true advances.

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Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity

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. Twitter: @kjercich.

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How EHR vendors are arming providers to handle COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

The company is encouraging organizations to share COVID-19 information through Epic’s interoperability network, saying providers can share travel-screening documentation and infection-status information with both Epic and non-Epic organizations through Care Everywhere, Epic’s interoperability network. Twitter: @fbazzoli.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2024

We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on what will happen in the coming year and boy did they deliver. For example, masking passwords from users significantly reduces cyber risks and improves clinical workflows today, getting rid of the password entirely only improves that benefit.

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Greenway Uses AI Internally to Accelerate Development

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2024

Healthcare IT Today sat down with David Cohen, Greenway’s Chief Product & Technology Officer to learn more. 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.

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HIMSSCast: A pro checks in on the status of the health IT stock market

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2024

For example, MDRX, ATHN and CERN are history. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or Google Play ! Talking points: His thoughts on the fact that there aren't as many health IT stocks as there used to be? Epic, of course, has always been private. So are eClinicalWorks and Meditech. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Supplemental Benefits Skyrocket but Access to Care Remains a Challenge

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2025

For example, a critical, and largely underutilized, resource is leveraging the set of income-based programs available to more than half of Medicare members including both the HEI qualifying programs Medicaid, Medicare Savings Program, and Low-Income Subsidy as well as those that support paying for utilities, prescriptions, and food.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

For example, the third-party virtual providers did not have full access to patients' medical records, creating a disconnected patient experience and annoyances for patients who must submit their medical histories and medication lists as if they were obtaining care at an entirely separate health system. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2021

" Healthcare IT News sat down with Dr. Peter Antall, chief medical officer at Amwell, to discuss delivering primary care via telemedicine, and how it can help patients, cut costs and aid population health management. This interoperability improves care and improves the referral and transition process. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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At Doxy.me, simplicity is key to security

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2020

The upswing of interest in telehealth and virtual care, combined with the federal focus on interoperability , has highlighted the importance across the industry of keeping patient data secure. "We don't store patient data," Welch explained to Healthcare IT News. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Partnering with Community Organizations and Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthcare Services for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community with these two questions and the following is what they had to share. Interoperability is essential for equitable access, enabling seamless data sharing between healthcare systems and community organizations.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

One Way to Improve U.S. Healthcare, Lower Costs and Drive Outcomes? “Unvendor,” Asserts Dr. Harm Scherpbier in His New Book

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Pushing Forward Healthcare Interoperability Efforts by The Sequoia Project in 2025

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Telehealth is past the 'tipping point' – how's it doing with interoperability?

What to expect in Asia-Pacific health IT in 2025?

OntarioMD is Making Interoperability a Priority for Ontario

Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

EHR Innovations That Should Be Happening But Aren’t

Pharmacy Interoperability and Pharmacy Perspectives Coming Out of the ONC Annual Meeting

Unifying telemedicine efforts can help health systems succeed with virtual care

Fax As An On-Ramp for Interoperability

Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

Supporting emergency medical response with mobile technology

BluByrd and DrChrono Deliver Seamless Staff and Patient Experiences for Source Healthcare

Improving EHR Systems with User Experience and Interface Design to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Enhance Workflow Efficiency

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

Weekly Roundup – November 23, 2024

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT and Their Regulatory Considerations

Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Enhance Data Integrity and Streamline Processes

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Benefits and Challenges of Integrating AI and Machine Learning into EHR Systems

Interoperability Saves Lives and Builds Trust at HHM Health

What the future holds for HHS-OIG health IT enforcement

Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Enhancing Interoperability and Data Sharing with Innovative Technologies and Standards

Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

Altera Addresses Data Integration and Patient Engagement in Canada

Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Healthcare Has A Data Resolution Problem

The Business of Giving Patients Control of Their Health Data – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 87

CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare Interoperability is Falling Short. How Do We Address It?

Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity

How EHR vendors are arming providers to handle COVID-19

Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Greenway Uses AI Internally to Accelerate Development

HIMSSCast: A pro checks in on the status of the health IT stock market

Supplemental Benefits Skyrocket but Access to Care Remains a Challenge

Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

At Doxy.me, simplicity is key to security

Partnering with Community Organizations and Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthcare Services for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations

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