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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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

Buckle also shares her experience at the Interop Showcase and details of the recent CommonWell FHIR Connectathon where CommonWell members leveraged FHIR to improve interoperability. Wilder also dove into his experience with HIEs and how connectivity is key to public health and in preparation for future pandemics or other emergencies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. But establishing an HIE and finding success can be a tremendous challenge for some states to establish in large measure because they require complex and expensive technical infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. Department of Health and Human Services published the long-awaited interoperability final rules from CMS and ONC. (In This is a story worth watching.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

The government and many healthcare leaders are pushing for more interoperability and data sharing in healthcare. First up was an intro to Healthix, one of the largest public HIEs out there that serves New York. 50 million patients with 105+ million inbound data is a lot of health data.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2023

With many more types of health information specifically included as EHI, organizations regulated under the 21 st Century Cures Act are on the hook to respond to requests for that information from individuals, providers, public health agencies, and health information exchanges. Practical Resources for all Types of Actors.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 27, 2015

There is much talk on the blogs about the USA government trepidation around Health Information Exchange interoperability. See below an interesting monthly report I get from the Wisconsin HIE. It shows the health of this system. A very healthy and Quality producing HIE: 2.6 Fully federated. per patient per year.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. State and regional HIEs are critical to our nation’s goal of comprehensive interoperability. The Case for Federal Agencies.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The scope of health data sharing and use of health data have expanded far beyond electronic health record adoption in healthcare settings to encompass data sets inclusive of demographics, behavioral health, social determinants of health (SDOH), and public health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2023

"By acting as a health data utility, it provides a central hub for clinical data that can advance compatibility across networks and promote use cases, such as the stroke registry." In 2019, the NC HealthConnex modernized , combining the InterSystems HealthShare HIE with SAS’s health analytics.

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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

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).

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Verato and CLEAR believe that digital identity has the potential to transform healthcare data management, enabling healthcare organizations to overcome longstanding system interoperability challenges, vastly improve patient experiences, and reduce healthcare operating costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). The rest of this series examines what companies and public health agencies are doing in these areas of SDoH.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2021

Rapid exchange of patient data is crucial not only for coordinating care, but for research and public health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. Products AVIA launched AVIA Marketplace , a platform connecting hospitals and health systems to curated digital health tools.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

Digital health improves service delivery and clinical outcomes, and we know that cannot happen if we don’t look at the data." 1) Jembi - Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) The RHIE project comprises of an international project team and is funded by the IDRC, Rockefeller Foundation, PEPFAR and the HIPPP initiative.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Is this just another HIE? A few features of the CA DxF set it apart from traditional health information exchanges (HIEs) and networks (HINs). CA DxF expands upon this, requiring participants to fulfill data requests for Treatment, Payment, Health Care Operations, and Public Health activity purposes.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT. Five years from now, Leslie expects that cybersecurity and interoperability will be much improved.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2023

Health data analytics also facilitates population health management, identifying trends, and patterns to optimize preventive care and public health interventions. Health informatics research contributes to advancements in healthcare practices, treatment modalities, and public health policies.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

LLC, not- for-profit) including but not limited to local departments of health or social services, behavioral health IPAs and other structures formed by regional participants. Those with political power will retain it, and true public health decisions will be elusive. . Elsewhere?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Note: In case you missed the other 12 Days of #HITChristmas, you can start with the first day here along with the story behind #HITChristmas or read all 12 days here as they are published. On the 9th Day of #HITChristmas we’re excited to feature, Keith Boone, Enterprise Architect at Audacious Inquiry.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Health equity and technological innovation are top priorities for the healthcare industry – with new standards, technology and policy driving the way. Despite innovations, a new study from the Yale School of Public Health finds the nation is losing ground on access to healthcare, with more barriers now than 20 years ago.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But looking ahead, it's worth taking stock of what lasting digital health changes might emerge from this ongoing crisis. Interoperability has to be improved and expanded, with data silos broken down and easier cross-system communication. " A key must-have toward that pop health goal, of course, is interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

We asked our talented Healthcare IT Today Community – in the context of interoperability, what challenges and barriers exist in achieving standardized and secure data exchange across different healthcare systems, and how can these obstacles be addressed? Data-sharing and interoperability are key. The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2025

By HIMSS TV | May 31, 2024 Topic: Analytics Artificial Intelligence Business Intelligence Career Planning Clinical Cloud Computing Compliance & Legal Connected Health Data Warehousing Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Government & Policy Health Information Exchange (HIE) Imaging Innovation (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

The latest advancements in digital health technologies This could include discussions on artificial intelligence, machine learning, telehealth, and other emerging technologies. Demand for services is unsustainable and health systems are cracking under the pressure. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If you’re not sure whether you’re participating in TEFCA, contact your health information exchange (HIE), QHIN, or electronic health record (EHR) provider. This means you will need to maintain your existing connections to ensure broad access to patient health data for some time even after you begin participating in TEFCA.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2022

The following is a guest article by Eliana Donner-Klein, Sr. Associate, Audacious Inquiry, a PointClickCare company. In-person meetups trumped video conferencing at the 2022 State HIT Connect Summit held last week in Baltimore, Maryland.

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