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Establishing interoperable electronic health systems

• Data sharing in healthcare is a double-edged sword for patients

  Former healthcare CIO John Halamka gets candid about the proposed rules on interoperability and information blocking and explains why innovation may come at a cost. Continue Reading

• AWS healthcare technical lead says interoperability in healthcare at scale a challenge

  Interoperability in healthcare isn't just a buzzword for the healthcare community, it's also something technology companies are talking about. Patrick Combes, technology leader for healthcare and ... Continue Reading

• For EHR vendors, there's no one approach to interoperability

  Cerner, Epic and Meditech are tackling interoperability in their own ways, but all their efforts will come up short until healthcare organizations ask for it, according to a Chilmark Research analyst. Continue Reading

• Technology companies in healthcare are driving positive change

  Why are Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google so focused on the healthcare industry? Financial opportunity and patient expectation. Continue Reading

• Collective Medical software enables ERs to share patient info

  Software from Collective Medical is helping ERs in Oregon share patient data almost immediately. Here's a look at how that kind of connectivity is benefiting one hospital. Continue Reading

• Clinical processes, not AI, key to solving healthcare's problems

  Partners' Sandy Aronson has a message for healthcare IT pros: If you want to have an impact, focus on making clinical processes more effective and more efficient.Continue Reading

• Integration of PGHD boosts remote patient management

  End users of a patient-generated health data program talk about the advantages and challenges they encountered first hand, including connection problems from the patient device end.Continue Reading

• Future of connected healthcare includes chatbots, Medicare changes

  Remote patient monitoring and chatbots will be mainstream in healthcare -- eventually. Partners HealthCare's Joseph Kvedar, M.D., offers his view on why it takes so long.Continue Reading

• Payer-provider partnerships spurred by data, value-based care

  Once they were two groups with conflicting interests, but now the convergence of healthcare payers and providers is more common as the industry struggles to control costs.Continue Reading

• Why app developers are embracing the Apple Health records API

  A new crop of APIs based on the FHIR standard promises to change the expectations of mobile health apps. Six-year-old app maker Medisafe illustrates the promise and problems.Continue Reading

• Healthcare APIs get a new trial run for Medicare claims

  Blue Button 2.0 is a new healthcare API aimed at making sense of Medicare claims. Developed by the U.S. Digital Service at HHS, the API is in 500 developer hands so far.Continue Reading

• Digital transformation in healthcare boosts patient engagement

  As healthcare becomes increasingly digital, patients expect a top-notch experience accessing their medical information as they bid farewell to paper records.Continue Reading

• Why healthcare APIs will save lives, money and time

  APIs have a toe-hold in the healthcare space today but that has to change, and quickly. Stan Huff, M.D., explains why open source has to be healthcare's future.Continue Reading

• Payer-provider convergence hinges on data integration

  A hospital population health officer and vendor CEO detail their views about payer-provider partnerships. One key aspect is the ability to boost customer service efforts.Continue Reading

• Apple Health app pilot combines engagement and interoperability

  The Apple Health app pilot combines flavors of EHR interoperability and patient engagement, according to some hospitals involved in the early stages of the effort.Continue Reading

• Michigan uses prescription monitoring to fight opioid crisis

  Michigan public health officials use e-prescribing and monitoring and analytics software from Appriss Health to fight opioid addiction by tracking overprescribing and abuse.Continue Reading

• New and established healthcare technology companies make big moves

  I am floored by how many players made significant moves in recent weeks to become new healthcare technology companies or further anchor their existing position in the industry. Consider these ...Continue Reading

• Top healthcare stories of a health IT reporter's career

  I've been reporting and writing for SearchHealthIT for about three years and the day has come for me to say goodbye. Looking back on these past three years, I can't help but laugh at, as well as be ...Continue Reading

• CIO explains tech behind integrated healthcare systems and apps

  BayHealth Development wanted integrated healthcare systems to provide a coherent experience for patients and physicians. The organization turned to the new Progress Health Cloud.Continue Reading

• Healthcare goals ONC official says CIOs should focus on

  ONC deputy coordinator highlights healthcare goals -- including improving cybersecurity and lowering barriers to interoperability -- that should be top of mind for CIOs in 2018.Continue Reading

• Care collaboration tools must address interoperability, security

  In order for healthcare providers to effectively work together on patient care, collaboration tools must be interoperable and comply with HIPAA to protect PHI.Continue Reading

• Orgs take two approaches to creating interoperability platform

  Many in healthcare are trying to figure out how to effectively make interoperability happen. Two healthcare organizations take two different approaches to creating interoperability systems.Continue Reading

• Telehealth challenges: Where does the data go?

  There are an abundance of challenges of telehealth, but perhaps the most concerning to experts is not knowing where data resides and the lack of interoperability.Continue Reading

• Selling the ROI of telehealth programs can be tough

  Selling telehealth programs to a healthcare organization can be a challenge because many insurers do not cover telehealth and the ROI can be questionable.Continue Reading

• Healthcare interoperability challenges? Look to the cloud

  EHR interoperability might swing in favor of cloud installations rather than on-premises approaches. Also, legacy systems may be left in the dust of patient data exchange.Continue Reading

• Healthcare APIs boost interoperability, but health IT lags

  APIs are new to some in healthcare, but other industries use them regularly. Interoperability will benefit if healthcare can get beyond its legacy systems.Continue Reading

• Voluntary ONC certification requires API-related access

  APIs are useful in improving EHR interoperability. From that perspective, electronic medical records that are certified by the ONC must adhere to API criteria.Continue Reading

• Patient matching software works for Connecticut state agency

  A Connecticut state social services agency uses master patient index software to enable accurate patient matching for clients seeking behavioral and physical healthcare services.Continue Reading

• ONC focuses on creating interoperability between health systems

  Although the creation of interoperability between health systems has been a goal for a while now, it's still not happening widely. ONC discussed plans to move interoperability forward.Continue Reading

• Enterprise imaging is becoming mainstream in healthcare

  While VNAs and PACS appear to be coexisting, enterprise imaging in healthcare is taking over from purely departmental and radiology centered approaches, according to a KLAS analyst.Continue Reading

• Vendors overcome health information exchange challenges; CIOs have hope

  Vendors demonstrate that interoperability is possible when it comes to patient medication information. This makes CIOs hopeful for the future.Continue Reading

• HIT Squad e-health 2016 lookback and IT health predictions for 2017

  In this podcast, the HIT Squad reviews top 2016 interviews and looks ahead to 2017, with speculation of how new administration will fund government agencies that oversee health IT.Continue Reading

• John Sculley: optimize transaction cycle for pharmaceuticals

  Former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley urges the use of cloud technology to optimize the transaction cycle for pharmaceuticals and drive down prices for advanced specialty drugs.Continue Reading

• Former Apple CEO offers remedy for pharmacy benefits management system

  Former Apple CEO John Sculley has plunged into health IT with a collaborative, cloud-based pharmacy benefits management system that he says will drive down healthcare costs.Continue Reading

• Patient-owned health data is a civil right and may help prevent breaches

  As many in health IT know, the theft of patient health data has developed into an epidemic with breaches involving millions of health records in 2016, according to the Department of Health and ...Continue Reading

• Marc Probst calls for government healthcare interoperability standards

  Intermountain CIO Marc Probst is well known for insisting that the government set interoperability standards for health IT so providers and vendors can freely exchange health data.Continue Reading

• CHIME chairwoman promotes interoperability standards in healthcare

  In this videotaped interview, incoming CHIME chairwoman Liz Johnson talks about interoperability standards in health IT, how analytics can drive better medical outcomes, and MACRA.Continue Reading

• HIE executive director: Why HIEs probably aren't data blocking

  Some experts have discussed how data blocking is occurring with HIEs. But an HIE executive director argues that other barriers are in the way and contractually HIEs can't data block.Continue Reading

• Writers discuss their favorite interviews with healthcare IT experts

  SearchHealthIT's writers talked to a lot of big leaders in health IT in 2016. In this video, our journalists discuss their favorite personalities and moments.Continue Reading

• Hot in 2016: Data blocking and patient access to personal information

  In 2016, the health IT world spent a lot of time addressing data blocking issues and patients' access to personal information like their health records. Learn more in this photo story.Continue Reading

• Busting the early myths about blockchain in healthcare

  There's a lot of buzz about the uses for blockchain in healthcare. While the potential of this technology is exciting, one analyst provides a reality check.Continue Reading

• Barriers to population health management tech platforms

  Due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape and the focus on managing the health of populations, IT vendors have taken several different approaches when it comes to population health management ...Continue Reading

• Blockchain healthcare promise, problems aired at government conference

  Blockchain distributed ledger technology bears big potential and poses challenges for health IT applications; supporters and skeptics debated blockchain at a government workshop.Continue Reading

• ONC, EHR vendors step up to fight interoperability challenges

  While the majority of physicians and hospitals use certified EHRs, the lack of national interoperability standards impedes the flow of health information exchange.Continue Reading

• Five challenges of IoT in healthcare that put it at risk of failure

  The internet of things has the potential to provide physicians with valuable data that can improve patient outcomes, but there are several barriers to IoT adoption in healthcare.Continue Reading

• Healthcare APIs, now required by the government, seen as interoperability aid

  While the government has essentially required APIs, many health IT vendors are looking at them as a key to easier health data interoperability.Continue Reading

• FHIR encourages innovation in health app development

  Health app developers can use the FHIR platform to create applications that support and facilitate interoperability between EHR systems.Continue Reading

• Integrating an EHR and VNA system? Here are the challenges.

  Implementing an EHR and VNA system at the same time is a daunting task. A CIO who has experience implementing both systems at the same time discusses the challenges he encountered.Continue Reading

• APIs in healthcare are now a certified health IT system requirement

  Government regulators are now requiring vendors of federally certified health IT to make APIs part of their electronic health record systems; some healthcare CIO groups object.Continue Reading

• Online clinical network works to make interoperability possible

  In this Innovation Spotlight, SearchHealthIT dives into how an online clinical network can help create interoperability, share patient information between doctors, improve workflow.Continue Reading

• APIs in healthcare: Possible use cases

  Although APIs may not be new in other industries, in healthcare APIs are still finding their place. Experts discuss possible use cases for APIs in healthcare.Continue Reading

• Could the key to health data exchange be APIs? ONC thinks so.

  Application program interfaces (APIs)– routines, protocols, and tools used when building software—are important not only for interoperability but also to the future of healthcare, according to the ...Continue Reading

• Data blocking: When health information exchanges don't live up to their name

  Data blocking and health information exchanges shouldn't go together. But some HIEs are turning into siloes of data, two experts who discuss the problem say.Continue Reading

• Epic EHR installation a challenge for Massachusetts hospitals

  Challenges of Massachusetts hospitals' adoption of an EHR from Epic Systems Corp. and a federal health privacy official's Fitbit experience discussed in HIT Squad podcast.Continue Reading

• Health IT experts share firsthand data blocking experiences

  There are many patient stories out there about data blocking in healthcare. Now, three health IT experts share their run-ins with data blocking while on the job.Continue Reading

• Population health strategies hinge on data interoperability

  With data interoperability acting as a fulcrum for population health initiatives, hospitals must seek cooperation from other systems and the communities they serve.Continue Reading

• Certified health IT disclosure rules to be enforced, ONC official says

  ONC senior policy adviser explains in this HIT Squad podcast the rationale for and benefits of new certified EHR transparency requirements and how they will be enforced.Continue Reading

• CIO: Healthcare data blocking is purely political

  The technology is in place for interoperability in healthcare. So why is data blocking still happening? It's purely political, one CIO says.Continue Reading

• At health IT conferences, information blocking, telemedicine star

  Information blocking and new telemedicine systems are hot health IT conference topics, with government officials pushing interoperability and telehealth finding more adoption.Continue Reading

• Transform healthcare by leveraging the EHR

  Implementing and integrating an EHR in a healthcare organization is one important step in transforming healthcare, but it is not, and should not, be the sole focus.Continue Reading

• CIO: Interoperability and health data analytics intertwined

  At the CHIME CIO Forum at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas, CIO Andrew Rosenberg discusses why and how interoperability and data analytics are important to each other.Continue Reading

• Medical image exchange lacks interoperability, expert says

  Medical image exchange needs more interoperability for hospital systems to be able to easily share CT scans, MRIs and ultrasound images, according to expert Hamid Tabatabaie.Continue Reading

• Healthcare CRM boosted by Salesforce entry

  Customer relationship management in healthcare is getting a boost from Salesforce's move into health IT, but other vendors, such as hc1.com, are already occupying the space.Continue Reading

• One doc's journey to Health 3.0, the healthcare of the future

  With all the innovations in healthcare technology, health IT is still far from where it should be, says Zubin "ZDogg" Damania, the creative founder of Turntable Health.Continue Reading

• Next steps for EHR investments: Life after meaningful use

  Healthcare organizations have made numerous EHR investments during the past few years, in a bid to meet meaningful use requirements. Now that the stage 3 rules have been released, it's time to stop and consider next steps.
  
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• Healthcare interoperability is 'non-negotiable,' military says

  Cerner's president discusses what the company is doing to make healthcare interoperability a reality -- and the Department of Defense takes a firm stand.Continue Reading

• CHIME chair discusses wish to delay CMS meaningful use stage 3

  In this podcast, SearchHealthIT caught up with exiting CHIME Chairman Chuck Christian to discuss CMS meaningful use stage 3 and why providers need new motivation to attest.Continue Reading

• Interoperability in healthcare to come with strong standards

  When it comes to healthcare interoperability, Marc Probst, CIO at Intermountain Healthcare, is outspoken to say the least. And he thinks the standards in place now aren't enough.Continue Reading

• Health data analytics growing, despite interoperability woes

  Health data analytics is increasingly popular, particularly in precision medicine and revenue cycle management, despite health data interoperability challenges.Continue Reading

• Experience shaped Halamka's healthcare interoperability view

  Outspoken CIO John Halamka didn't just pull his opinions on health IT out of thin air. In fact, his personal experiences helped shape his stance on healthcare interoperability.Continue Reading

• John Halamka uses big data analytics in healthcare to fight wife's cancer

  When his wife was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, CIO John Halamka turned to big data analytics in healthcare.Continue Reading

• Big data in healthcare: What's holding everyone back

  Big data and data analytics open doors to precision medicine, population health and value-based care. But health IT professionals still face major barriers.Continue Reading

• Developers using FHIR interoperability standard

  While still a draft standard, FHIR, the younger sibling of interoperability standard HL7, is already being used by developers.Continue Reading

• Data analytics helps Maine HIE take next steps

  Maine recently implemented a data analytics platform on top of its state health information exchange, enabling Maine HIE participants to predict readmissions and ER visits.Continue Reading

• FHIR gaining support as interoperability standard

  The CEO of health IT standards group HL7 International said the health IT industry is coalescing around FHIR as a new interoperability standard.Continue Reading

• Industry shifts focus to health IT interoperability

  Health information exchange has yet to meet the expectations of some healthcare professionals and regulators. The ONC has a plan to fix that.Continue Reading

• Top ONC official touts agency's role in precision medicine

  The chief health information officer for ONC says the agency has a leading role in President Obama's precision medicine initiative.Continue Reading

• HL7 International CEO on developing health IT standards

  The CEO of HL7 discusses the lack of a national patient identifier and the organization's global approach to standards development.Continue Reading

• HL7 chief Charles Jaffe talks FHIR

  In this Q&A, HL7 International CEO Charles Jaffe, M.D., says FHIR is moving quickly toward being a top interoperability standard.Continue Reading

• EHR system developments don't translate to better record-keeping

  Patients take precautions as deficiency of EHR interoperability threatens their health.Continue Reading

• Analysis: Epic Systems Corp.'s big cloud gambit

  Will Epic Systems Corp.'s massive data center give all health IT cloud vendors street cred? Also: CommonWell Health Alliance's interoperability moves.Continue Reading

• ONC's Fridsma talks health data interoperability, new AMIA job

  Q&A: ONC's outgoing chief scientist Doug Fridsma, M.D., talks about national health data interoperability progress and his new job with AMIA.Continue Reading

• Growth of ACO model stunted by slow technology adoption

  Lagging HIE participation and financial concerns are two major issues that have frozen the development of the pay-for-performance ACO model.Continue Reading

• Mobile EHR drchrono needs no desktop, server PCs

  Physicians looking to ditch their keyboards, laptops and servers have a meaningful use stage 2 certified mobile EHR that can be used on iPads in drchrono.Continue Reading

• Next for Direct: Apps to enable health data exchange

  Getting patients involved in Direct(ing) exchange of health data is coming in 2015, when developers finish their applications.Continue Reading

• Q&A: DirectTrust CEO David Kibbe, M.D., on future of Direct exchange

  One of Direct exchange's leading advocates discusses its future prospects for the HIE protocol, and how it supports meaningful use compliance.Continue Reading

• Meaningful use program: Code blue

  Analysis: D.C. scuttlebutt indicates that meaningful use might be in line for more than an overhaul as political forces close in around ONC.Continue Reading

• Spike in EHR adoption rate creates opportunity for HIE expansion

  Growth in the implementation of EHR systems has led to the creation of more digital health information, but will it alter the course of HIE?Continue Reading

• KLAS report finds mixed results on Epic health data interoperability

  Does Epic play well in the health data interoperability sandbox? KLAS digs in, and finds parts of its poor reputation may be deserved, others not.Continue Reading

• Health data interoperability in sight ... via Epic?

  CIOs: Time to capitulate to Epic in regards to health data interoperability? ONC: It's a big country, and there's a lot more than Epic out there.Continue Reading

• Healthcare interoperability, analytics get top billing in health IT

  If the interest in exhibits at recent conferences is any indication, healthcare interoperability remains a priority for providers and vendors alike.Continue Reading

• Ponemon survey: Healthcare data breaches decrease despite BYOD risks

  Annual survey finds new worries among providers for healthcare data breaches -- but some indicators show they're getting a handle on containing risks.Continue Reading

• CIOs: Thinking about getting out of the healthcare data center business?

  Last year, CommonWell Health Alliance made its debut. Will new interoperability gains make healthcare data centers a thing of the past?Continue Reading

• MHealth clinical apps impacting care, not just with consumers

  MHealth clinical applications are helping shape better patient outcomes, especially in radiology practices.Continue Reading

• Next-generation EHRs will drive health data interoperability

  With a focus on health data interoperability, the next wave of EHRs will incorporate powers of big data, speech recognition and new database models.Continue Reading

• ACO participation on the rise and so are cloud services for them

  Just because you've chosen cloud services for ACO participation doesn't mean your organization should take vendor selection lightly.Continue Reading

• Hospitals offering software, other resources to independent physicians

  Hospitals are thinking out of the box and entering into partnerships with independent physicians to benefit both parties.Continue Reading

• PACS integration, scheduling, other elements streamline radiology IT

  Getting your radiology IT house in order begins with PACS integration. Do it right, and you'll positively affect the bottom line.Continue Reading

• New RIS workflows making EHRs look low-tech

  At the RSNA annual meeting, speakers explain why EHRs are the weakest link in advanced RIS-based workflow integrations.Continue Reading

• Six reasons IT leaders embrace the use of healthcare tablets

  Six reasons tablets like Apple iPad, Microsoft Surface and Google Android variants make sense to healthcare CIOs for clinical workflow integration.Continue Reading