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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

When it was announced on March 4, 2013, CommonWell was still just a concept, but by December of 2013, a pilot program was in place to test its interoperability services at four provider sites across Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina. I was excited then and now I am the proud Executive Director of CommonWell. About Paul L.

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American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies

Healthcare IT Today

Principles Concerning Privacy According to Zebley, the privacy team believes that the federal government must update HIPAA, which covers organizations narrowly associated with traditional medical treatment, and regulated the many organizations and digital apps that collect personal health data. HIPAA was last revised in 2013.

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Core Principles for Application Decommissioning and Data Archiving

Healthcare IT Today

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), which is the first fully digitalized-paperless health care institution in South Korea, was designated by the government on 1 March as a “public safety hospital,” an institution that separates the treatment process of respiratory patients to prevent COVID-19 spread with the facility.

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Availity to Acquire Diameter Health, a Leader in Clinical Data Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

Deliver fit-for-purpose data and enable bidirectional and intelligent workflows that support care gap closure, quality measurement, risk adjustment, automated prior authorization, care management and other data-driven use cases.

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Apple's Healthcare Strategy: Build, buy or partner? Buy appears to be the most likely.

Lloyd Price

These are just a few examples of Apple's healthcare partnerships. As Apple continues to invest in healthcare, it is likely that we will see even more partnerships with healthcare organisations and technology companies and also more strategic acquisitions. In 2019, Apple acquired Tueo Health, an asthma monitoring company.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

So let’s take inventory: software for medical research, new sensor technology that provides activity data and remote diagnostics, health records, medical clinics and a powerful soft asset – consumer trust. The company's work in healthcare has spanned cloud computing, cybersecurity and precision medicine.