The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. Increasing healthcare consolidation of hospitals has exacerbated the problem of lack of interoperability. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

Digital Health 87

Digital Health EHR Interoperability Health Information 87

Chilmark Research

JANUARY 17, 2014

For many, the delay of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program evoked a collective sigh of relief, providing a much-needed extra year to focus on the challenging requirements for patient engagement and interoperability. The final rule is expected to drop sometime in Q1-Q2 of 2015 – just one year away.

Meaningful Use 60

Meaningful Use EHR Health Data HIPAA 60

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 16, 2015

Mobile Access to Health Documents (MHD) - Revised 2015-03-12 I am not going to go into deep details, but take the perspective here that the reader is a FHIR expert, and wants to understand this MHD profile. Security and Privacy As with any Interoperability API dealing with Healthcare information, Security and Privacy are important.

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FHIR Mobile Health mHealth Meaningful Use 40