Digital Health, EHR, FHIR and Healthcare IT

Three FHIR myths that hold back digital health enterprises

Redox

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Healthcare software vendors prioritize projects that use HL7 ® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ® ) over those built on other standards for many reasons. Because FHIR resources have a defined structure, they can be accessed, manipulated, and exchanged in ways that other standards aren’t today.

FHIR

FHIR Digital Health EHR Interoperability

Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

FHIR

FHIR Digital Health Telemedicine EHR

Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Te Toka Tumai Auckland launching FHIR-driven PAS Te Toka Tumai Auckland, formerly Auckland District Health Board, will be launching a new patient administration system that runs on the new FHIR-based National Health Index API.

FHIR

FHIR EMR Life Science Interoperability

These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt , Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing through different screens for specific information. Here’s how. It’s past time to deliver on this.

EHR

EHR Interoperability FHIR Digital Health

Bonus Features – October 22, 2023 – 57% of patients accessed portals or medical records in 2022, 21 orgs make Level 10 in the 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

Digital Health

Digital Health EHR FHIR Healthcare IT

2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019. This month, Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews and Healthcare Finance News take a look at what all of this means and how technology, as always, is spurring innovative solutions. -- Susan Morse, senior editor, Healthcare Finance News. Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability

Bonus Features – March 3, 2024 – 75% of healthcare leaders expect widespread implementation of AI in 3 years, 78% of orgs lack knowledge on how to train employees to use AI, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 3, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

FHIR

FHIR EHR Healthcare IT Primary Care

Vital Lines November 2023

Redox

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Top stories Health systems will increase 2024 IT budgets More than 85% of health systems are boosting next year’s spend on digital health and IT projects, with cybersecurity and EHR modernization topping the list. Healthcare IT leaders weigh in.

FHIR

FHIR Digital Health EHR Telehealth

Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Making Healthcare App Development and FHIR Data Access Easy. Streamlining Enterprise Network Management and Monitoring.

FHIR

FHIR Interoperability Healthcare IT HIE

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

HIPAA

HIPAA Digital Health EHR Healthcare IT

Lean Digital: How Tracking Feeds Into Behavior Change for Weight Loss

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2024

I heard this question from Candice Taguibao, program lead at the nonprofit Digital Medicine Society (DiMe). She works with their Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) to find a “core set of measures” that are meaningful, and to standardize how they’re reported.

EHR

EHR FHIR Digital Health Health Technology

Weekly Roundup – March 9, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Entrepreneur Myth Busting. Numerous obstacles hinder true data accuracy in the EHR.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT EHR FHIR Mental health

Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News The annual Inc.

Digital Health

Digital Health HIE eHealth Life Science

Amwell Releases Open Platform for Integrating Multiple Virtual Care Applications

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2021

Telehealth vendor Amwell has released a platform allowing providers to integrate multiple types of virtual health services using a single infrastructure. Amwell’s Converge platform is designed to integrate with existing workflows, EHRs, patient portals and consumer digital health technologies. Its goal is to […].

FHIR

FHIR EHR Digital Health Telehealth

OntarioMD is Making Interoperability a Priority for Ontario

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In a recent interview with Healthcare IT Today , Aidan Lee, Director of the Certification Program at OntarioMD , and Matt LaDuke, Director of Products, Integrations, and Service Management, shed light on the evolving landscape of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the state of interoperability in the healthcare sector.

Interoperability

Interoperability EMR FHIR Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

RCM Medicare EHR FHIR

Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

Telehealth

Telehealth RCM Public Health EHR

Redox unwraps interoperability in 2023

Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A few things seemed to proceed as expected, including the adoption of FHIR standards across the EHR market base, but much was rather unexpected. Antiquated methods will be kicked to the curb in favor of APIs, FHIR, nationwide networks, patient authorized retrieval, and more.” The short answer from all of them was “not exactly.”

Interoperability

Interoperability FHIR EHR Digital Health

Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

With the increase in digital health, remote care, and patient access, the need for a reliable platform to conduct everything has also increased. For some insights on patient engagement in communication platforms we reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community. The following is what they had to say. John Moyer, Sr.

EHR

EHR Interoperability Digital Health Patient Experience

Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Patients, regulators, and payers are insisting on data exchange in health care. But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors, interoperability is often described as “difficult and “not frictionless” according to Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. Tell us what you think.

Interoperability

Interoperability HIE EMR Health Data

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – November 15, 2022 – News from Amwell, Epic, Google, MEDITECH, Microsoft, and more, plus the dates for HLTH Europe

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Resources.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry Digital Health Healthcare IT Life Science

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Canvas Medical, founded in 2015, provides the digital infrastructure for care delivery companies.

EMR

EMR Digital Health Primary Care RCM

Parker Health Secures $25 Million in Series A Funding to Transform American Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 1, 2023

Parker Health is on a mission to simplify the complexities of healthcare and deliver on the unfulfilled promises of digital health innovation and pioneer the future of healthcare.

BioTech

BioTech FHIR Pharmaceuticals Interoperability

Milliman IntelliScript Acquires OneRecord

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The purchase of OneRecord positions Milliman IntelliScript to better serve clients who depend on the company’s delivery of digital health and consumer data to mitigate applicant risks, meet customer demand for a faster application process, and extend coverage to more people. “Now More information is at milliman.com.

EHR

EHR FHIR Health Data Interoperability

IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2020

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), which is the first fully digitalized-paperless health care institution in South Korea, was designated by the government on 1 March as a “public safety hospital,” an institution that separates the treatment process of respiratory patients to prevent COVID-19 spread with the facility.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine EHR Primary Care Digital Health

Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Data Architect – Healthcare position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Vytalize Health and is remote in the US.

Health IT

Health IT HIPAA Medicare EMR

Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today nobody can seem to survive without their cell phone, tomorrow no one in healthcare will tolerate a disconnected system any longer. . So, this is not only an organic continuation of the process, but an extension of the company’s core business model as the largest aggregator of networks in healthcare. .

Interoperability

Interoperability FHIR EHR Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

eCare

eCare BioTech Primary Care Life Science

3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings.

Medicare

Medicare FHIR Healthcare Improvement EHR

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Amwell offers a suite of APIs, web services and SDKs to seamlessly embed telehealth into an organization’s existing digital assets, such as Cerner, Epic and other EHRs, in order to enable providers to work directly in the EHR for a streamlined experience. Mend has customers across the spectrum of healthcare specialties.

Telehealth

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing

Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

Digital transformation: Healthcare making progress but much work remains. The system is digitized. With some 95 percent of healthcare providers having deployed EHRs, the healthcare system is officially digital. Interoperability: Health IT's hardest problem is (finally) at an inflection point.

Nursing

Nursing Leadership Patient Experience EHR

Connected Health Pulse

Three FHIR myths that hold back digital health enterprises

Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Trending Sources

Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Bonus Features – October 22, 2023 – 57% of patients accessed portals or medical records in 2022, 21 orgs make Level 10 in the 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey, and more

2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Bonus Features – March 3, 2024 – 75% of healthcare leaders expect widespread implementation of AI in 3 years, 78% of orgs lack knowledge on how to train employees to use AI, plus 18 more stories

Vital Lines November 2023

Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Lean Digital: How Tracking Feeds Into Behavior Change for Weight Loss

Weekly Roundup – March 9, 2024

Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Amwell Releases Open Platform for Integrating Multiple Virtual Care Applications

OntarioMD is Making Interoperability a Priority for Ontario

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories

Redox unwraps interoperability in 2023

Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – November 15, 2022 – News from Amwell, Epic, Google, MEDITECH, Microsoft, and more, plus the dates for HLTH Europe

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Parker Health Secures $25 Million in Series A Funding to Transform American Healthcare

Milliman IntelliScript Acquires OneRecord

IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

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

Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

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