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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

HL7 , which has been setting standards for health care since 1987, leapt into the modern age of computer standards by adopting the FHIR standard. One of the FHIR standards, conveniently enough, is a digital insurance card. To be federally certified, an EHR has to support that framework. Version 2.0 Medicare uses Blue Button 2.0

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But at the tail end of the 'teens, we see a flowering of innovation that could only have been dreamed of in 2010. Epic CEO Judy Faulkner on Apple, docs who actually like their EHRs and Warren Buffett. Epic, Cerner and others reveal just how their EHRs are interoperable. by Mike Miliard February 13, 2019. " News.

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Open Source Software in HealthTech: Hype today or Hope for the future?

Lloyd Price

Here are some examples of open source software that are being used in healthcare today: EHRs: There are a number of open source EHRs available, such as OpenMRS, OpenEHR, and Elyra. These EHRs offer a number of benefits, including vendor independence, flexibility, and interoperability. 2004: The HL7 FHIR standard is released.