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

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

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

DECEMBER 15, 2022

TEFCA aims to create one unified technical framework to exchange data across the country between healthcare providers, health plans, public health agencies, and individuals. . For many of us in health IT communications, TEFCA has been greeted with both excitement and skepticism. About Zach Finn.

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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

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

MARCH 7, 2025

This follows Lord Darzis 2024 investigation, which highlighted the NHSs "critical condition" and underscored the need for fundamental change to address rising demand, long waiting times, and worsening public health. Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions.

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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 9, 2025

In this video, President Jay Nakashima explains the role they play, particularly in public health, scaling FHIR and TEFCA. eHealth Exchange is working with the industry and with regulators to improve response rates so public health agencies can get the data they need to protect Americans health.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2024

News ONC released HTI-2 , the second proposed rule for Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability. Interoperability platform 1upHealth earned HITRUST Implemented, 1-year (i1) Certification. Wemhoff as Chief Marketing Officer.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

adults’ levels of trust in health care services and suppliers, finding the greatest trust lies with a consumer’s local pharmacy (for 77% of consumers), followed by hospitals (for 73% of people) and in third rank, health technology (63%). Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2025

At the same time, interoperability and data analytics tools are maturing to the point where networks can access information about specialist performance. Bridging the gap will require forward-thinking care models that leverage data science, advanced technology platforms, and Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) services.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem. Developers of certified health IT will also have the ability to move to USCDI v3 sooner.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The next step would be to achieve real interoperability in health records, a still elusive goal. However, given that the facilities are already stretched to the breaking point in staffing and funding, they need outside incentives to install EHRs and other digital technologies.

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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 IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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. Where are we now with it and where do we see it heading? We’ve compiled their answers in this video below!

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2024

To make integration easier and build more comprehensive patient profiles, there is a push for interoperability standards to ensure seamless communication and data exchange among IoMT devices. They must also address the challenges posed by diverse data formats and standards. About Jessica Rengstorf Jessica Rengstorf Director, U.S

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Colby Takeda, Co-Founder and CEO at Pear Suite As the healthcare industry recognizes the critical role of social determinants of health, new providers are emerging as key partners in providing quality care, including community health workers (CHWs).

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Health Gorilla Establishes Interoperability Floor Even with the vast majority of health records digitized, access to comprehensive patient data for efficient and effective care remains a challenge for healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kat McDavitt, President at Innsena – 1 million percent public health. Jeff Gartland, CEO at Relatient – Unfortunately, I’d honestly say still integration and interoperability. I think that’s an area where we need significantly greater focus to reduce the amount of friction we have in the system.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

At the same time, Lynn says it was refreshing to hear a technology CEO focus on how a national EHR database would benefit primarily benefit patients and public health efforts. Public health disease surveillance service provider InductiveHealth Informatics announced a growth investment partnership with Diversis.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Healthcare stakeholders need the patient data that healthcare providers possess.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

The second group to benefit from this National EHR Database was public health. Ellison highlighted how public health didn’t have a way to look across the health of a population. Although, it seems like the law so far has been ok with a kind of “best effort” approach to anonymized health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Success Story #1: Moving Upstream to Identify Most Vulnerable Individuals to Prevent Homelessness There’s a common metaphor in public health about the need to move “upstream” to invest in preventive health, rather than wait for people to present at the “bottom of the river” with severe chronic illness.

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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

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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2025

It also serves as a growing reference model for high-priority use cases to improve care coordination and ensure inclusive and complete information for whole-person care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency made the situation even worse as frontline health workers risked their lives to service others. It’s estimated that the U.S. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

Health Gorilla is devoted to deriving insights from a combination of traditional clinical data and SDoH. Avery Haller, executive director for strategy and partnerships, divides relevant data into three types: Typical census and public health data, usually available at the ZIP-code level and therefore of limited use in assisting individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

Remote monitoring firm Health Recovery Solutions and CommonWealth Purchasing Group are collaborating to bring telehealth to nearly 1,000 community health centers and FQHCs. Interoperability engine Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite is now available in AWS Marketplace. Providence chose Luna for in-home physical therapy services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Consolidating and coordinating information between providers, payers and public health departments is particularly tough, not only because there are so many providers, but because of the variability between data platforms and systems. Some ready-made CSS tools that states will find useful include: . Agile Technology Tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As cases are automated on communication platforms, there is a growing need to interoperably share care plans for patients/persons beyond the case worker team and out within the community’s ecosystem of stakeholders.

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