Digital Health

MARCH 11, 2018

I was in Las Vegas at HIMSS this last week, which, for the uninitiated, is a veritable orgy of health information technology (HIT). Someone from HIMSS leadership told me that over 42,000 people had shown up and they were expecting closer to 45,000. It’s a long way from 1998, I’ll tell you. Back then HIT […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2025 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! Check out the community’s predictions down below and be sure to follow along as we share more 2025 Health IT Predictions ! Let us know on social media.

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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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Mobi Health News

APRIL 30, 2020

Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, discusses his work with the Global Digital Health Partnership initative.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Further, CIOs and other health IT leaders reinvented systems and processes, and clinicians gained an improved understanding of the invaluable impact of integrated informatics on digital transformations and the quality and efficiency of care. With telehealth and remote patient monitoring comes the need for interoperability and security.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Membership will drive continued innovation in interoperability, foster collaboration with industry leaders and ensure understanding of current regulations and standards for clients leveraging the dbMotion Solution , Altera’s data platform that aggregates and harmonizes data from multiple systems to improve patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Surescripts recently announced its intention to become a QHIN , firmly positioning the company a player in the interoperability space. Surescripts is Actually an Interoperability Company According to Surescript’s 2022 National Progress Report , 1.23 We really are an interoperability company,” said McMartin. “We

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. Three Important Considerations for ONC and the Health IT Community .

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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? Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. 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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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Health Commons Project , a leading nonprofit dedicated to improving healthcare access and quality through technology and innovation, today announced it has completed the acquisition of OneHealthPort , Washington State’s Health Information Exchange (HIE) and prominent provider of health data solutions.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 19, 2019

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it is extending the public comment period by 30 days for two proposed regulations aimed at promoting the interoperability of health information technology (health IT) and enabling patients to electronically access their health information.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 25, 2023

The report also details critical information on how to successfully leverage HIN data when building digital healthcare tools and operating healthcare organizations or digital platforms. We’re about to enter a game-changing era in healthcare as Health Information Network access expands.” The paper, 2023: State of U.S.

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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 News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. Creating standards synergy for 'Interoperability 3.0' " Leary said.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan Torrens , CEO at eHealth Technologies Health information management teams everywhere are constantly doing more, but somehow it always feels like playing catch up. Notably, between 30 and 47 percent of U.S. hospitals still rely on fax or mail to send and receive patient records.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Do you have an open health IT position that you are looking to fill?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. Jean Drouin, Co-Founder and CEO at Clarify Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure. If the future of healthcare is built on the back of data, then it makes sense why health data infrastructure would be such an important topic.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer. Here’s what I wrote. Why is this so important?

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 17, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently finalized a new rule to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information (EHI). […].

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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. Watch the video for details, including regulatory and technical advances that will drive adoption of the secure exchange of health information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here's what execs from some leading health IT vendors think about the most pressing challenges – and big opportunities – of the year ahead. "A primary health IT focus for 2021 must be empowering clinicians with solutions that deliver relief today," said Laureau. Supply chain: Machine learning insights.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Tim Armstrong, Head of Product Management at Retarus Throughout the healthcare industrys digital transformation revolution, fax servers have remained a staple due to their reliability, interoperability, and regulatory necessity. Although change is slow, more medical practices and hospitals in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About NYeC New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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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. Our clinicians needed that information so it was our job to get it to them.”

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2022

Semantic Interoperability Pioneer, CareCom, Improves Clinician Experience with Advanced Healthcare Terminology Mapping and NLP Conversion of Unstructured Data. Around the globe, healthcare organizations rely on HealthTerm to support data quality governance and health information exchange.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By maintaining and evolving HEDIS measures, NCQA helps standardize the collection and reporting of critical data across health plans and providers, ensuring consistency and comparability nationwide. This work supports broader efforts to modernize healthcare and drives interoperability.

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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

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

AUGUST 19, 2022

Joint technology solution will deliver an integrated data interoperability platform that streamlines data acquisition and delivers clean, actionable, and intelligent data. Fueled by Diameter’s technology, Availity will create the nation’s preeminent data acquisition and interoperability platform.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Do you have an open health IT position that you are looking to fill?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While we are still in this mindset, let’s talk about how we can also improve as health IT leaders. So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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