article thumbnail

What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

Health Populi

Our desire for data liquidity has eluded us across the health/care ecosystem for too long, notwithstanding American taxpayers’ $35 bn investment in EHRs dating to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that embedded the HITECH Act funding EHR adoption for hospitals and physician practices.

article thumbnail

How Apple's API Fits Into Its Burgeoning Healthcare Stack

Lloyd Price

As early as 2009, former Apple senior vice president Scott Forstall was hinting at the allure of the medical device market—at the same event, the company announced that iOS 3.0 (yes) The API announced this week will sit atop that EHR access function. All that’s left might be to build the EHR itself.? Source : [link]

EHR 49
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was created to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology, specifically, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare providers. Here are three of them. Health Informatics Trend #1: Interoperability.

article thumbnail

The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Since it raised its first fund in 2009, it has backed nearly 60 health-related enterprises. It instantly gives Amazon its own online pharmacy and is another step towards integrating medical supplies and pharmaceuticals into its platform and distribution. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine.

article thumbnail

By 2020, 1-in-5 Healthcare organisations will adopt Blockchain says new IDC report

Lloyd Price

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.

article thumbnail

150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Nordic consultants offer healthcare organizations EHR expertise, strategy and managed services to improve patient outcomes. Employees can take advantage of remote project work and sponsored EHR vendor training and certification for professional development. La Jolla Pharmaceutical (San Diego). Nordic (Madison, Wis.).