ONC picks The Sequoia Project to set info exchange rules
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has tasked The Sequoia Project with creating baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks.
View ArticleFeds turn over CONNECT messaging platform to private sector
The Federal Health Architecture and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT are ending support for an open source software project that promotes healthcare interoperability.
View ArticleCMS official notes proposed interoperability rule will impact health plans, too
The federal government expects to use its leadership, clout and some emerging federal regulations to push health payers to share more data.
View ArticleAmazon unveils Voice Interoperability Initiative to speed adoption
Amazon.com has gathered a broad coalition of companies in an effort to speed up the widespread adoption of voice-activated assistants, including its own Alexa.
View ArticleDoctor groups ask CMS to rethink prior authorization reforms
Medical societies contend that only focusing on the technological aspects of prior authorization could set the stage for increased use of it.
View ArticleHow IT will impact healthcare in the next decade
Efforts to improve patient care and capitalize on vast stores of medical information will lean heavily on healthcare information systems—many experts believe computerization must pay off now.
View ArticleUse of e-prescribing for controlled substances is low, but rising
While the usage rate of electronic prescribing for controlled substances by clinicians is low, adoption of the technology is growing, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
View ArticleNLM taps EHRs, FHIR to improve sharing of medical research data
The National Library of Medicine is developing analysis tools to mine electronic health records to help discover adverse drug reactions, identify promising drug targets and detect transplant rejection...
View ArticleLarge Cheyenne group picks Bright.md to offer patients virtual care
Cheyenne Regional Medical Group has selected the SmartExam platform of Bright.md to give patients online access to primary and urgent care for low-acuity conditions.
View ArticleWhy there’s reason for cautious optimism with interoperability
There’s actual progress happening in the trenches of standards development, network proliferation and patient access.
View ArticleHIEs boost efforts to form nationwide network for sharing patient data
The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative—representing HIEs across the country—sees itself as a critical component of the enabling infrastructure.
View ArticleVeterans now able to access VA, provider health data on iPhones
Millions of veterans nationwide will now have access to their VA medical data—as well as electronic health records from other healthcare providers—via their iPhones, thanks to Apple’s Health Records...
View ArticleFCC panel lays out barriers to implementing telehealth nationwide
The successful implementation of telehealth nationally is dependent on broadband availability and access, as well as on updating laws, regulations and other restrictions impeding its adoption.
View ArticleWhy interoperability matters to the current and future state of healthcare
Offering better workflows, improved clarity, and better patient care, through true interoperability between systems, however, remains elusive.
View ArticleFHIR at core of Humana’s strategy for data sharing with providers
HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard is the linchpin of health insurer Humana’s efforts to support data sharing with provider organizations to improve care for its members.
View ArticleNYC’s Visiting Nurse Service picks Netsmart for pop health platform
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York has selected a platform from Netsmart to better support its population health management program.
View ArticleVUMC receives $5.3M NCI grant to collect family health histories
The National Cancer Institute has awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center a $5.3 million grant to develop a single clinical platform for collecting family health histories to identify patients at...
View ArticleAMIA: FHIR is not suitable for research, needs NIH R&D funding
The American Medical Informatics Association wants the National Institutes of Health to fund research and development to advance HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard.
View ArticleHow to tap into 'small' data to achieve bigger results
A focus on small data—one number for one patient—could revolutionize healthcare; however, clinicians and caregivers don’t always have access to small data when they need it.
View ArticleBeyond integration: how APIs can form a platform for connected health
Healthcare organizations need more than an integration engine, and more than the 'integration' provided by an enterprise EHR; they need a platform for connected health.
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