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Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs

Healthcare IT Today

Tomorrow we’ll share some of the responses to the more classic definition of IT infrastructure. However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure. Parth Shah, Head of Product at AssureCare.

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Google May Have Given Up On The EHR Market, But Definitely Not Health IT

Healthcare IT Today

Now, if one Google executive is to be believed, these giants may have finally concluded that at least where the EHR market is concerned, they have thrown in the towel. For quite some time, giant technology companies have struggled to get a foothold in the healthcare business, but with relatively little success. On the other […].

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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HIMSSCast: Common pitfalls of healthcare connectivity and what to do about them

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The current state of health data interoperability. Making health data not just readable, but useful. More about this episode: ' The health system of the future will be consumer-centric, wellness-oriented and digitally connected ' Pandemic-era burnout: How EHR vendors are redesigning UI and UX to battle stress.

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eClinicalWorks Goes from 0 to 60 with AI Throughout Their Product

Healthcare IT Today

We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR.

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. HTI-1 Final Rule Appropriately, we’ve been breaking down what health IT and EHR vendors need to expect when it comes to HTI-1 in our Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

Rock Health’s research has tracked peoples’ use of telemedicine, wearable technology, digital health tracking, and online health information since 2015, and the results this round show relative flattening of adoption across these various tools. What do health trackers track, then? Facebook down 4 points.