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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

He notes that we’re really just getting started: When the Recovery Act was enacted in 2009, the EHR adoption rate nationally was about 10%, and that rate got up over 50% in 2013. Since we couldn’t expect interoperability before a critical mass of providers were using EHRs, 2014-15 was the timeframe for starting to think about it.

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

He notes that we’re really just getting started: When the Recovery Act was enacted in 2009, the EHR adoption rate nationally was about 10%, and that rate got up over 50% in 2013. Since we couldn’t expect interoperability before a critical mass of providers were using EHRs, 2014-15 was the timeframe for starting to think about it.

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Milliman IntelliScript Acquires OneRecord

Healthcare IT Today

The purchase of OneRecord positions Milliman IntelliScript to better serve clients who depend on the company’s delivery of digital health and consumer data to mitigate applicant risks, meet customer demand for a faster application process, and extend coverage to more people. Learn more at onerecord.com.

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Weekly Roundup – March 18, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Andy Oram talked to Cam Holt at Weave about modernizing patient intake forms with digital tools that can pull patient data from EHRs (via API integrations) and give practices the option to customize forms for their own needs. Read more… BetterHelp Hit With $8M Fine Over Patient Data Sharing Lapses. The FTC also seeks $7.8

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

In Valencell’s recent survey of consumer wearable preferences , 55% of people said they’d like to monitor blood pressure, up from 46% in 2016 as shown in this bar chart from the study. One in two people would like to monitor stress and heart health, and 33% would like to monitor blood glucose levels. Unproven benefits.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

They also highlight that many of the health IT and EHR vendors haven’t updated their systems in order for their users to comply with the regulation. 39% of those surveyed by CHIME said that they were concerned about receiving an upgrade of their health IT system in time to comply.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.