Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2025

An EHR system needs to make a 360-degree view of patient data accessible in a secure manner that can be made available using standard interfaces like FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) APIs for structured data exchange and DICOM for imaging.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2023

“Interoperability is not something you can buy, and not something you can sell,” according to Mario G. AEGIS offers testing for interoperability, helping companies ensure that they have interpreted health data standards such as U.S. As new software versions are released, data sharing can break.

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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

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We don’t even have the time or word count to cover it all in this article, so instead we will be focusing on healthcare interoperability. What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? So many topics to cover in healthcare but tragically so little time!

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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

JANUARY 4, 2025

Amid a history of high-profile breaches, more organizations are taking a proactive approach to cybersecurity and having discussions at a leadership level. Read more… 2025 Health IT Predictions: Pharma. Read more… 2025 Predictions: Interoperability and Cloud Services.

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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

APRIL 20, 2022

Key to this effort is a standardized way to measure our interoperability progress (or lack thereof). The Healthcare Leadership Council and other leading […]. Thankfully there has been concerted effort recently from governments, vendors, standards bodies, and healthcare organizations to address this.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

It’s one thing to talk about interoperability in healthcare and it’s another to talk about where sharing of health data is really happening. In this video interview, Dr. Jain shares where healthcare organizations are really asking him to help with interoperability. Learn more about Innovaccer: [link].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The following is a guest article by Anthony Murray, Chief Interoperability Officer at MRO In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the quest for interoperability has become paramount. While the vision of seamless data exchange promises improved patient care and streamlined operations, the journey is not without its hurdles.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Civitas Networks for Health is a non-profit consortium that brings together a broad community of organizations interested in health data exchange. Many members are HIEs, but a number of other organizations in health care including community organizations are members as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Romo is highly concerned with interoperability and sees DirectTrust as a way to form a “federation” with their competitors to ensure easy document exchange. This goes to the idea that ETHERFAX is a secure exchange network that can transfer a multitude of messages in a variety of formats and not just fax.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it’s imperative that the data collected have tangible value for overburdened clinicians increasingly being requested to gather more data.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. How are health data utilities evolving? Lindsey Ferris, DrPH, Senior Interoperability and Public Health Director at PointClickCare – I think we’re at the very early stages.

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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

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

MARCH 26, 2020

One of the big challenges healthcare faces is sharing data between healthcare organizations who need that data. Healthcare interoperability, as we call it, has been a challenge for a long time. To better understand where healthcare interoperability […].

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For many of us in health IT communications, TEFCA has been greeted with both excitement and skepticism. The cumulative impact of too many interpretations of TEFCA standards will undermine progress toward our nation’s goals for better care through interoperable exchange. And time, money, and talent will all be wasted. . About Zach Finn.

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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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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. Data sharing and analytics: Sharing data across platforms enables better decision-making and resource allocation. Interoperability: Standards and APIs are making it easier to connect different systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Healthcare loves to talk about the challenge that is data and interoperability in healthcare. Indeed, healthcare faces a major challenge when it comes to data and interoperability. However, it’s actually even more complex than this. As I saw […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Exec Summary: In 2025, Apple's Health Records feature is likely to continue its expansion and integration with various healthcare providers and institutions. This could lead to a more seamless and comprehensive health data experience for users.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A Look at Epic Culture and Interoperability with Brendan Keeler. The former Epic employee, now at HTD Health, talked to John Lynn for more than two hours. Part 1 of the interview focused on what it was like to work at Epic , as well as what opportunities exist to improve interoperability systems today.

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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.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 28, 2024

They serve as intermediaries, facilitating the secure and efficient exchange of health data between different systems and organisations. Data Security: TIEs implement robust security measures to protect patient data privacy and confidentiality. TIEs must have mechanisms for assessing and improving data quality.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Since its founding in 2005, MAeHC has worked to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery in the state by guiding organizations in the implementation and meaningful use of health IT. It has also spearheaded interoperability, standards development and HIT policy initiatives. ON THE RECORD.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Additionally, prioritizing mobile accessibility and interoperability ensures that clinicians can access and update patient records seamlessly across devices and platforms. Interoperability is enabled through standard data and information representation.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a recent message I got from EHNAC, they had this great image at the start of their email: Then, they had this line below it which really caught my attention: Interoperability has been an important topic in healthcare for over a decade. Are we there yet? Are we closer than we were? Absolutely. No […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) keeps releasing new rules to address the urgent need for data exchange. In this video, Jill DeGraff, Senior Vice President, Regulatory at b.well Connected Health goes deeply into these new rules and explains their value as well as the demands they place on health care systems.

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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. It’s easy to say that patients should have access to their data. ONC and other legislation have made it clear that patients have a right to their data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Improved Patient Experience Through Interoperability Over the years, Dr. Davis has come to realize that when patient data is made more portable and sharable, patient experience improves.

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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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