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A Digital Health Checkup for the US – #1 in AI, Meh in Interoperability – An OECD Update

Health Populi

Among the many aspects we could explore in Health Populi , I’ve chosen two that are most top-of-mind for my work these days: interoperability and AI, comparing US to the peer OECD nations. In health care, we have a plethora of standards for linking health information from disparate data sets. So with the U.S.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Interoperability for better outcomes and clinical advances. The goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances. The health industry generates an overwhelming amount of data, much of which is unstructured and inaccessible.

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AWS physician expert talks new use cases for telehealth, machine learning, cloud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By eliminating barriers and providing greater visibility into a patient's medical history and then providing bespoke recommendations or materials to support their care, interoperability and tech stand to provide a better patient experience anywhere as well as empower patients to take greater control over their healthcare journey, he said.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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California says goodbye to fax machines. Hello to DxF.

Redox

Consequences for non-participation are currently unclear, although providers may be cited for non-compliance with federal information blocking regulations which, according to the recent HHS proposed rule could be up to $1 million per violation. Of note, the XCPD, XCA, and XDR profiles do not currently support FHIR natively.

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

Seeing AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Google Cloud in large booth spaces on the exhibitor floor space was a visual confirmation that health care IT is now more about data than technology. The cloud and FHIR standards are fostering a new era of interoperability in health care.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

State documents define rules for collecting, storing, processing, and transmitting medical information. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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