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VA still facing interoperability, scaling challenges amidst COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One such issue is interoperability. "We've talked about FHIR and interoperability and APIs," said Gregory Moore, corporate vice president of Microsoft health and life sciences. "We all have been talking about interoperability, and that will have a profound impact."

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Why You Shouldn’t Aim for EHR Interoperability With Telemedicine Software

AMD Telemedicine

For many, the most obvious solution has been to rely on a third-party vendor to provide telehealth services and then work to make that service interoperable with existing electronic health records (EHR). Research has shown that telemedicine interoperability often results in a fragmented, redundant, and costly mess. View our Solutions.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. As health care grows more omnichannel and distributed, cybersecurity will become more challenging at the point-of-care and a big risk for health care providers under current HIPAA regulations.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What role has telemedicine grown to play during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? With a HIPAA-secure communication channel and easy integration with personal devices, telemedicine removes challenges faced by remote and isolated patients. How do you see all of this affecting physicians and their busy schedules?

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

Health Populi

A few of my favorite comments were: “Jim Cramer needs a crash course in FHIR standards” from the wonkier section of peanut gallery. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Interoperability for better outcomes and clinical advances. The goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances. The key to unlocking the data is interoperability across the entire health ecosystem.