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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

You could feel the energy at the February 13 announcement event at Hubert Humphrey Building in Washington D.C. — Our network connects 34,000 provider sites, includes more than 194 million unique individuals and has shared 3.5 I feel it throughout the industry now. billion documents to date.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Connected care, upskilled workers, tax reform, a Southwest Airlines approach, private equity and the Affordable Care Act all will impact healthcare organizations in 2019, a new PwC report says. How FHIR 4 will drive interoperability progress in healthcare.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The result is that clinicians have their patient’s complete history and can make evidence-based care decisions no matter where the patient is located. Since the data is integrated with the EHR using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) protocols, the provider also receives the data in a way that is usable and actionable.