Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability.

EHR 60

EHR Interoperability Life Science FHIR 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability.

EHR 60

EHR Interoperability Life Science FHIR 60

mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Let’s just start by letting Patients use the tools of our time to share their information with their Doctors , and let Doctors use these tools to move beyond the 2000 year old office visit only model of care. “Integration of Sensor, Smartphone, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data for Patients and Clinicians.

Mobile Health 48

Mobile Health mHealth EHR FHIR 48

Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Functionally, this type of tool is called an immunization registry , and, luckily for us, it has existed for decades. Immunization administration was a key workflow within the EHR; therefore, sharing that to the registry automatically seems like a no-brainer to reduce the burden on providers. The government thought the same.

Meaningful Use 52

Meaningful Use EHR Public Health Medicare 52