Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. A few of my favorite comments were: “Jim Cramer needs a crash course in FHIR standards” from the wonkier section of peanut gallery. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows.

Health IT 209

Health IT EHR RCM HIPAA 209

Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

The VA was an early adopter of electronic health records or EHRs.) "It's the variety of EHR systems and interfaces, data sources, and uniformity in workflows," he said. "It's EHR vendors still use proprietary protocols to corner their respective markets, meaning not all data is shared equally.

Interoperability 87

Interoperability EHR HIE FHIR 87

HIStalk Weekender

MAY 17, 2019

A large survey of clinicians finds that the #1 predictor of positive EHR experience is training, with EHR personalization also being a major contributor. The EHR is just not that platform. EHR vendors built their systems to suit their health system masters and use their size anti-competitively, just like health systems do.

EHR 31

EHR HIPAA Interoperability FHIR 31