Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

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Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

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Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2023

The Sequoia Project, a spinoff of a prior EHR network, was chosen as the governing body for TEFCA. They have advanced the current TEFCA implementation which is based on the 1990’s IHE document exchange protocols with a brokerage model (QHIN) overlay. For the doctor’s eyes only” if you will (Bond fans anyone?)

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FHIR EHR Interoperability Health Information 93

Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

I think the most useful value-add that an HIE can add is an API that is based on FHIR. This is true of an XDS based HIE, Regional Exchange (XCA), Vendor based EHR, nationwide Exchange, and Direct HISP. Initially I would focus on Document sized objects, Later moving to more element level. Why Documents?

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 29, 2017

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) has been busy creating Profiles that leverage the new and exciting FHIR specification. IHE publishes their profiles on [link] IHE subset of Profile on FHIR can be found on the IHE wiki FHIR list An IHE Profile is equivalent to a FHIR Implementation Guide.

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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. This is the ‘document process’ role in the track description Store the document somewhere as a ‘point in time’ summary.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Original prediction: We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., HL7 ® , HL7 ® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources or FHIR ® ). Increasingly, machines are much less discriminating between a finely structured FHIR document and a poorly scanned PDF—and the latter may be richer than the former.

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Interoperability FHIR Primary Care EHR 64

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2022

Code, test and maintain electronic clinical quality measures using Clinical Quality Language (CQL) and Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR). Applies health data standards and interoperability such as HL7 FHIR Accelerator activities and the Office of National Coordinator certification regulations and policies.

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Health IT FHIR Interoperability Healthcare IT 81

Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Two independent projects this week sent to the FHIR mailing list their diagrams of how they are using FHIR as an API to classic XDS environments. The power of using FHIR as a simplifying API to classic environments. Our project will use FHIR as an abstraction layer for the application. privacy consent). Well done!

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR, HL7). While those are the right macro buckets, the clinical operational improvements are focused almost solely on physician/provider workflow optimizations (patient documentation, AI to improve diagnosis and treatment pathways, etc.).

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Health IT Interoperability Mental health FHIR 102

Redox

JULY 6, 2023

These products, such as Google Cloud’s Healthcare API and Healthcare Data Engine, require data to be based in the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard to enable interoperability at scale. Healthcare API and HDE are primarily based in the FHIR standard, and first require data to be transformed into FHIR.

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FHIR Interoperability Leadership EHR 52

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 3, 2017

I propose that “The most technically advanced” document format be considered the Prime, with all of the other formats considered Transforms (XFRM) from that prime document. Thus if the Document Source can create a C-CDA 2.1; Yet if a Document Source only can create a C32 and PDF, then the C32 would be the prime.

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FHIR Health Information Interoperability EHR 40

Healthcare Exchange Standards

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Interoperable Consent Standards My main focus is on enabling Health Information to flow given proper Security and Privacy. I have been involved (sometimes lead) the efforts to define an Interoperable Standard for these use-cases in IHE for Document Sharing Exchanges (BPPC, APPC, XUA), and in CDA (CDA Consent), and in FHIR (FHIR Consent).

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Interoperability FHIR EHR Health Information 93

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. Let’s dive in.

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FHIR Digital Health EHR Interoperability 69

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

State documents define rules for collecting, storing, processing, and transmitting medical information. Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers. Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources).

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Health Plan Alliance selected 1upHealth as its preferred health data interoperability vendor. Products Consensus Cloud Solutions launched Clarity Clinical Documentation , which routes unstructured data into patient records. Arkansas-based Conway OB-GYN Clinic implemented eClinicalWorks EHR. Disease detection company Viz.ai

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2023

The first is a standard special enrollment period for those who lose Medicaid or CHIP coverage , and the second is guidance for states to apply for Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration to provide coverage to those being released from incarceration , with a key role for care coordination technology that leverages FHIR.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

To implement a Document Consumer is the easiest of the MHD actors. So I will focus on Document Consumer actor from MHD. XDS Profile found in the FHIR specification: I would caution against the use of the xds profile in FHIR. So the only thing you will find there is minimal fixes to cause the FHIR specification to build.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JANUARY 30, 2015

IHE Connectathon did informal testing of Mobile access to Health Documents (aka #MHD - #XDS on #FHIR. MHD has a wide variety of deployment models, leveraging the simplicity of HTTP REST and the data model and interaction model defined in FHIR. We had 9 different implementations testing at the Connectathon. For more on mHealth

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HIStalk Interviews

APRIL 24, 2019

It is focused on solving the business workflow aspect of healthcare and creating interoperability between systems and ease of communication without the need for code. It’s unusual for someone with no healthcare or IT background to be diving deep into the technical aspects of interoperability. How did that come about?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

31 deadline for meeting requirements for FHIR-based API standardization. Primary care EHR Elation Health has integrated with Ribbon Health , a provider data management platform. CareCloud earned ONC certification for two EHRs , VertexDR and talkEHR, for compliance with 21st Century Cures Act interoperability requirements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

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. AI-powered clinical documentation boosts patient satisfaction and physician well-being. by May 10, 2019. The system is digitized.

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Nursing Leadership Patient Experience EHR 66

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

Today, we’re featuring the EHR Applications Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Here’s a description of the position: Harbor Health Services, headquartered in Boston, MA is seeking a EHR Application Analyst to join our Clinical IT team.

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EHR Health IT FHIR Health Information 80

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Colin Hung connected with CEO Robert Krayn to talk about how the telemedicine service connects psychiatrists with patients and handles the many types of mental health referrals using eCW EHR, which Talkiatry chose based on its flexibility. One key, of course, is EHR integration.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 12, 2018

So we in the Interoperability space MUST be succeeding with all the efforts to create Health Information Exchanges, and to enable Patient to access their data. A document entry has a unique ID. Duplicate network pathways Broadest reason for duplicate data is that there are multiple pathways to the same repository of data (documents).

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FHIR Interoperability EHR Health Information 61

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

One example of leveraging AI as a tool to integrate new information sources could be by integrating natural language processing to both recognize audio, visual, and written communications and provide additional context or patient information from their EHR in real-time.

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HIPAA Health Information Interoperability EHR 71

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Vijay Verma, VP of Product Strategy at TeleVox A common shortcoming in healthcare communication systems is interoperability. Many healthcare organizations use disparate EHRs and communication tools that may not seamlessly integrate, leading to data silos and communication gaps.

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Redox

APRIL 27, 2023

April 4, 2023 – Redox, the leader in healthcare interoperability – connecting healthcare’s products, providers, and payers, today unveiled its reimagined product portfolio. Redox FHIR and RESTful APIs allow health tech builders to delight their users, modernize their tech stack, and scale with confidence. MADISON, Wis.,

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Digital Health FHIR Life Science Interoperability 52

Healthcare Exchange Standards

DECEMBER 30, 2017

These historic events need to have the full context of them, which is what a Document model provides. The good news is that FHIR has a Document model, and the FHIR Document model has a directly convertible data model A FHIR Document travels an HIE easily CDA will fade, but never disappear.

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Redox

MAY 10, 2018

It’s worth noting that HL7 has also introduced FHIR® (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), a standard with a more modern communication structure that is currently in a trial use stage. FHIR has similar problems to HL7 in that the content communicated using FHIR is still highly variable and specific to each health system.

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HIStalk Interviews

JULY 23, 2018

Do EHR vendors make it easy for customers to integrate their products with those sold by other companies? Most of the major EHR platforms have API or developer programs. A lot of regulatory requirements have been placed on EHR vendors over the last 10 years. We are seeing more rapid adoption of that in healthcare, too.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 27, 2018

. $10B contract w/Cerner = HUGE opportunity, 1ce in a lifetime, to rally around and use it to make something BE interoperable, and show the way to the rest of the healthcare landscape on how to do it. Intent: Encourage health organizations to open up their health data models (EHRs, pharmacy, research, etc.) Work on charter immediately.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Paths to Interoperability A recent article exposes the woeful silo-ing of public health: Data often has to be faxed and re-entered into new systems manually. For data reporting, Diameter Health improved lab data to adhere to standard and interoperable formats. This article summarizes their responses.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Back in 2008 at 3GDoctor we started offering the ability for Patients to use their mobiles to provide their own history to Doctors prior to a documented video consult: [link]. “Integration of Sensor, Smartphone, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data for Patients and Clinicians. “Digital Therapeutics and Diagnostics.

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