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Glad 2021 is now passed

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The activities that have happened are clear now that they were necessary, but of course at the time it felt like everything was ready for progress. " Set of documents that are very focused #FHIR When is a document not a Document but still a document? The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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The Tension in TEFCA

Healthcare IT Today

There have been public statements from ONC and to extent from the Sequoia Project that TEFCA will be modernized to computable data – i.e. FHIR data. FHIR has been around for over 10 years so it is worth pondering why it was not incorporated into TEFCA from the start. Of course, the big question is, what is the public benefit?

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

To seamlessly obtain information from various systems, healthcare data exchange standards are essential. Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). This can include training sessions, webinars, online courses by developers, or cybersecurity experts.

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

Health Populi

Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer. A few of my favorite comments were: “Jim Cramer needs a crash course in FHIR standards” from the wonkier section of peanut gallery. Where is the iPhone listed on Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs?”

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Vision for a federated digital Health eco-system in Australia

Health Intersections

Clinical Service Provides direct access to a patient’s health record, as provided by a healthcare service provider ( provides direct healthcare services for the consumer as a patient e.g. a GP / hospital). A consumer is able to control access at a very fine grained level, in advance of any information sharing that happens.

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California says goodbye to fax machines. Hello to DxF.

Redox

Consequences for non-participation are currently unclear, although providers may be cited for non-compliance with federal information blocking regulations which, according to the recent HHS proposed rule could be up to $1 million per violation. Of note, the XCPD, XCA, and XDR profiles do not currently support FHIR natively.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The key to unlocking the data is interoperability across the entire health ecosystem. Microsoft took a step to address health data interoperability with Azure API for FHIR in 2019. The company's next evolution of that journey is Azure Health Data Services.