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Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

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Developing that interoperability – where all stakeholders will have access to data on patient treatment and outcomes – is going to be essential to the expansion of VBP in the United States as well, and the more interoperability there is, the easier it will be for stakeholders to implement, and benefit from, VBP.

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Bonus Features – September 18, 2022 – HIMSS and WHO to collaborate on digital health, inpatient admissions for pediatric mental health up 60% since 2016, and more

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Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Many Healthcare Organizations Aren’t Prepared for Interoperability Requirements

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healthcare system, healthcare organizations were struggling to prepare for the new set of rules that would codify demands that they make patient health information freely available. The rules, which were established by ONC based on the 2016 Cures Act, call for providers to make some big steps forward […].

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email him: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Allscripts files trademark lawsuit against telemed platform CarePortMD

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

No objections were made by Allscripts during the requisite 6 month period prior to the issue of our trademark," said CarePortMD CEO Dr. Ashok Subramanian in a statement to Healthcare IT News. Allscripts bought CarePort in 2016 to help bolster its population health management software. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Smile Digital Health Closes $30 Million in Series B Funding to Progress Innovation as World-Leading Health Data Fabric

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The increasing need for interoperability in healthcare has driven significant growth and demand for the company’s data fabric platform and continued innovation in this area. “UPMC shares the same passion as Smile for improving healthcare via innovation.” Smile CDR Inc.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The PENTS will also help to improve infrastructure, interoperability and service availability and support legislation. The education of healthcare professionals must include digital health. million individual patients have received an e-prescription since the service was launched in 2016, most of them by SMS or e-mail,” she said.