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What the Hell Is Going On with Healthcare Interoperability?

Electronic Health Reporter

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed its annual year-end report to Congress at the start of 2019. The 22-page report summarized nationwide trends in health information exchange in 2018, including the adoption of EHRs and other technologies that support electronic access to patient information.

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Healthcare Interoperability Expanded Significantly In 2019 with More than 19 Billion Secure Health Data Transactions Nationwide

Electronic Health Reporter

Healthcare interoperability and enhanced information sharing continued to improve healthcare quality, safety and cost for U.S. patients and providers, according to the Surescripts 2019 National Progress Report. The nationwide health information network processed 19.15 Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

2019 Technology Market Overview is online this week. Here are four updated premises from the 2019 Market Overview of Technology for Older Adults : 1. Caregiving demands of an aging population drive policy change in 2019.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Why is this so important? That was tweeted ten years ago.

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Many Hospitals Still Holding Out On Direct Health Information Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

However, at least when this data was collected in 2019, hospitals were still playing their little passive-aggressive game where they make the data available to […].

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

This chart illustrated data from that survey, showing that trust, authenticity and satisfaction were the top three drivers among consumers looking to engage for health. The cloud and FHIR standards are fostering a new era of interoperability in health care.

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ATA 2019: A Shifting Telemedicine Landscape

GlobalMed

A few weeks ago, every leader in the telemedicine world gathered in New Orleans to attend ATA 2019. Secure interoperability was an ongoing theme at the conference, with many attendees looking for telemedicine systems that let them collect or share data easily and with a high level of security.