Health Intersections

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The subject of EHR safety is back in the news – probably driven by the AMIA meeting last week: “I remember internal conversations where we talked about ‘What is the equivalent of a plane crash that is going to get the attention of people?’” Of course, there are are real errors in the large systems – there always is.

EHR 75

EHR Interoperability Health IT 75

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a collective holding of breath right now in health IT as the ONC appears likely to issue its final HTI-1 rule with new data standards for the next stage of healthcare interoperability soon. With compliance the immediate concern for many EHR vendors, when and where is the industry prepared to lead? There’s no time to waste.

EHR 106

EHR Interoperability Leadership Health Data 106

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry.

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Interoperability FHIR Healthcare IT Health Data 119

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2022

Over dinner we had a great discussion about healthcare interoperability and standards. While many of us know ELLKAY from their work in EHR conversion, it’s really amazing how much ELLKAY has done when it comes to healthcare interoperability and also making that interoperability data useful. Of course not.

Interoperability 90

Interoperability EHR Health Data Healthcare IT 90

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

The EHR Hits Its Stride. As the EHR “hits its stride” (Trend #4), data will increasingly underpin treatment paths, personalized medicine, and predictive care (Trend #7) to manage patients’ risk upstream. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year.

Mental health 436

Mental health Primary Care EHR Telehealth 436

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

However, this one about cumbersome EHR really stood out to me. Reminds me of the EHR user conference recently where they said that simplicity is safety in healthcare. One of the challenges with drug data is cumbersome EHR…not going to explain that since you all know. The list of medication challenges in healthcare is long.

EHR 98

EHR Interoperability EMR Healthcare IT 98

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2023

The Sequoia Project, a spinoff of a prior EHR network, was chosen as the governing body for TEFCA. Today TEFCA only supports document exchange and frankly largely within legacy EHR vendors who have familiarity with the IHE protocols. Of course, the big question is, what is the public benefit?

FHIR 96

FHIR EHR Interoperability Health Information 96

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Of course, this is the initial list of QHINs. Most EHR vendors I’ve talked to have planned to be part of the network through someone like CommonWell (see MEDITECH’s QHIN and TEFCA approach here ), but I’ll be watching to see if that changes as QHINs develop.

eHealth 95

eHealth Interoperability EHR EMR 95

Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

Of course, cross-border care has complicated women’s health based on the states in which they live, compromising health and potentially life ( see this piece in the New York Times providing details on five Texas women suing the state, each dealing with difficult pregnancies and situations).

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Mental health Nursing Health Technology Leadership 182

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. Comparing 11 top telehealth platforms: Company execs tout quality, safety, EHR integrations. But, of course, more immediate events took priority.)

Healthcare IT 183

Healthcare IT Public Health Interoperability Telehealth 183

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

mRNA vaccines, ambient voice scribes, and of course AI. With the widespread adoption of EHRs, the need for armies of people to handle paper dwindled and HIM professionals evolved to focus more on their information stewardship duties rather than on physically storing and retrieving medical files.

Health Information 71

Health Information EHR Interoperability Health Data 71

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This makes me feel old, but pretty amazing that they’ve been doing a cloud approach to EHR for 23 years. Of course, I’m sure it’s going to take time for users to fully adopt these new options. They also showed a number of interesting interoperability options they’d integrated into the eCW software.

EHR 92

EHR Interoperability Healthcare IT Health IT 92

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Epic CEO Judy Faulkner on Apple, docs who actually like their EHRs and Warren Buffett. Epic, Cerner and others reveal just how their EHRs are interoperable.

Healthcare IT 82

Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability 82

Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was created to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology, specifically, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare providers. Before the introduction of the HITECH Act, only 10 percent of hospitals had adopted EHRs.

Interoperability 73

Interoperability Health Information Health science EHR 73

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 113

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 113

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

What role has telemedicine grown to play during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? Advanced device integration will allow data flow between the providers' EHR and patients' personal devices. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine leveled the playing field by making healthcare more accessible.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Health Information Primary Care 206

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

A caveat : I do this exercise with clients over the course of an intense immersive weekend or over many weeks (convening weekly or biweekly meetings). The public sector has invested in a unified EHR (Epic for All) with full data interoperability and citizen access/control of data.

HC 182

HC Mental health Public Health Primary Care 182

HAY on FHIR

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The track itself defines a number of actors: The creator of an IPS document – for example an EHR (Electronic Health Record). This could be another EHR, or a mobile application. I’m going to be doing a number of things over the course of the event (a couple of days) – and the days leading up to it.

FHIR 58

FHIR Interoperability EHR 58

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers. AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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HIPAA EMR FHIR EHR 106

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2020

The upswing of interest in telehealth and virtual care, combined with the federal focus on interoperability , has highlighted the importance across the industry of keeping patient data secure. "We don't want to come in as a telemedicine app and try to become an EHR." Security in the COVID-19 Era.

Telemedicine 154

Telemedicine Healthcare IT Interoperability EHR 154

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. A few of my favorite comments were: “Jim Cramer needs a crash course in FHIR standards” from the wonkier section of peanut gallery. I found this tweet of mine from 2009 about Apple and Epic’s collaboration for a mobile EHR.

Health IT 209

Health IT EHR RCM HIPAA 209

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As vaccines continue to roll out, requiring meticulous record-keeping and specialized shipping and storage conditions (and that's to say nothing of the ongoing critical need for PPE and other lifesaving equipment) nowhere are interoperability and data visibility more important than with healthcare supply chains.

Health IT 218

Health IT Nursing Telehealth EHR 218

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Health Gorilla’s platform has integrated four clinically validated SDoH scores from LexisNexis Risk Solutions into its national Health Interoperability Platform, putting SDoH data in context with comprehensive clinical information retrieved from hospitals, electronic health records (EHRs), and labs across the country.

Public Health 94

Public Health Life Science Interoperability Health IT 94

Health Intersections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The development of at least an informal body of knowledge of what it takes to really interop with certain important FHIR servers or certain important EHR clients. As an indirect measure of widespread adoption for the sidecar market, I would be looking at how far the major EHR vendors had progressed at rolling out FHIR support.

FHIR 69

FHIR EHR Interoperability Health IT 69

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2023

Colin summarized the keynote from longtime CEO Girish Navani, highlighting how eClinicalWorks is using AI to power search functions within the EHR, augment tasks such as appointment scheduling, and generate patient summaries – and bring this functionality to community health centers and FQHCs, roughly 60% of which use the eCW platform.

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EMR Healthcare IT RCM Interoperability 86

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 22, 2020

Providers, of course, are far more focused on the contents of medical records, which offer a […]. Historically, health insurers have relied on one form of patient data, while providers operated in a different world.

Interoperability 62

Interoperability EMR Health Data EHR 62

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

As a result, these provider types sit outside of current interoperability and health information exchange efforts and have been slow to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) due to a lack of government incentive programs. Since the U.S.

Healthcare Innovation 92

Healthcare Innovation Life Science Meaningful Use Health Information 92

care innovations

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This includes datasets for our connected ecosystem of wearables and peripherals, as well the interoperability between electronic health records (EHR) and other data lakes we connect to for secure data sharing. Clinical Data Repository : This layer manages the ingress and egress of data flows across patient-centric systems.

Pharmaceuticals 81

Pharmaceuticals EMR Digital Health Interoperability 81

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

"Far too many digital tools have disregarded interoperability and integration with EHRs, and have actually added to the administrative burdens and unnecessary work that frustrate providers – and keep them from practicing at the top of their license and building relationships with patients.

Patient Experience 144

Patient Experience Telehealth Telemedicine EHR 144

Chilmark Research

JANUARY 17, 2014

For many, the delay of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program evoked a collective sigh of relief, providing a much-needed extra year to focus on the challenging requirements for patient engagement and interoperability. As one example, the report lauds GHC’s eHRA model, which is based on a shared EHR and shared clinical staff for data review.

Meaningful Use 60

Meaningful Use EHR Health Data HIPAA 60

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2019

Of course, this is an issue worth discussing at any point, but especially noteworthy given that new regulations from CMS and ONC are soon to take effect. A new survey suggests that despite spending countless dollars and people-hours on the problem, hospitals and health systems are still struggling with data sharing.

HIE 57

HIE Interoperability EMR Health Data 57