Document, Healthcare IT and Interoperability

Surescripts Makes Interoperability Official

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Surescripts recently announced its intention to become a QHIN , firmly positioning the company a player in the interoperability space. Surescripts is Actually an Interoperability Company According to Surescript’s 2022 National Progress Report , 1.23 We really are an interoperability company,” said McMartin.

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Fax As An On-Ramp for Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

The journey to achieve interoperability in healthcare has been too long and too expensive. To address this, companies have put effort into creating interoperability tools and platforms designed to make it easier to exchange data. To accelerate interoperability efforts, however, creating more technology may not the answer.

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Rochester Regional Health is Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

Rochester Regional Health is using a measured and practical approach to data interoperability. Starting Simple with Interoperability RRH began integrating external lab data into their Epic EMR to elevate interoperability. However, there was an unintended benefit of their interoperability efforts. They achieved both.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. This type of document will require not only top-notch billing tools but also new levels of contractual collaboration between separate provider entities.

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Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

In a fast-paced exchanged with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today, Rucker covers regulations and evolving data exchange standards that foster interoperability and data analytics. “The real point of interoperability is continuous, real-time computing,” according to Rucker. Tell us what you think.

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Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Many smart, dedicated people have relentlessly pursued nationwide healthcare interoperability, and the arrival of TEFCA represents both a major milestone and a significant opportunity for the industry to pause and carefully consider our next steps based on past attempts and current endeavors. About Zach Finn.

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Interoperability with COVID – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This week’s chat will be hosted by Richard Bagdona (@richardbagdonas) on the topic “Interoperability with COVID“. Many health tech workers at facilities providing COVID vaccinations are being asked to create HL7 documents with vaccination […].

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Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 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.

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Is it Time to Lean into Fax for Provider-Provider Interoperability?

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2021

There is a lot of valuable information lying dormant in paper and electronic documents in healthcare. Although EHRs have almost eliminated the use of paper charts, the same cannot be said for faxes. Fax continues to be a common method for sharing health information between providers.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 4, 2023

The IHE IT-Infrastructure committee continues to produce new and improved specifications for HIE interoperability. The first is the ability to exchange a list of health data locations, which enables Record Locator Services to interoperate with consumers wishing to discover the location of patient records within a health information exchange.

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Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 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.

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Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A Process in Urgent Need of an Upgrade Clearly, prior authorization is crying out for standardization and interoperability. The federal government has been haranguing vendors and clinicians to make interoperable systems since the HITECH act was passed in 2009. A CMS fact sheet offers more details on CMS’s thinking and plans.

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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

Nationwide Interoperability: It’s been a concept, a term bandied about for a while in various forms, but for those of us who have worked in health IT for more than a few years, we know that it has taken a long time for transformational change to be felt by the providers and the individuals they serve. billion documents to date.

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Variances In Clinician EHR Use Can Hold Back Interoperability Efforts

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Given that clinicians have different styles, it’s hardly surprising that they document care in different ways. Unfortunately, however, these idiosyncrasies are one of the obstacles that stand in the way of better interoperability, according to an article by Corepoint Health.

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Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. The best document management systems drive improvements by not only storing digital healthcare data, but by also ensuring data is easily accessible enterprise-wide. Or click on the titles below for highlights. .

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CMS issues guidance for new telehealth eCQM reporting in 2020 and 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put together further detailed guidance for how healthcare providers should be documenting and reporting electronic clinical quality measures for telehealth encounters. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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The Evolving Role of Fax in Interoperability in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2020

From that analog origin to enterprise-scale cloud fax, we have seen the evolution of fax from simple point to point document exchange to something extremely powerful and capable. The origin of the modern fax machine dates back to the 1960’s. Some pundits see fax […].

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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. Jim Jirjis, Chief Health Information Officer at HCA to discuss the value of data quality in healthcare and find out more about the link between their sepsis project and better emergency preparedness. With good data quality, HCA was able to implement an innovative sepsis detection application.

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Bonus Features – April 21, 2024 – 89% of physicians said generative AI vendors need to be transparent about where info comes from, 73% of consumers expect a 4-star rating before they’ll engage with a provider, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 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.

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Weekly Roundup – January 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 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. Not surprisingly, we got a lot of good responses from the Healthcare IT Today community on this topic. CHIME 2023 Edition.

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Security as the Standard: Utilizing the Cloud for Private Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jim Cropper, Director of Sales at Brother International Healthcare technology development and modern security needs are continually evolving, calling for a shift toward digitization and interoperability to facilitate easier access to information, and more efficient and effective healthcare delivery.

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Addiction recovery provider sees success with AI-enabled telehealth meds monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 18, 2023

"These are good steps; however, we believe the secret to accountability is improving the level of patient-provider engagement and keeping those practicing addiction medicine compliant with all required documentation. All of these components are critical for quality-of-care and for documentation if an audit is performed.

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The Tension in TEFCA

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2023

They have advanced the current TEFCA implementation which is based on the 1990’s IHE document exchange protocols with a brokerage model (QHIN) overlay. Today TEFCA only supports document exchange and frankly largely within legacy EHR vendors who have familiarity with the IHE protocols.

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Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 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. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today community to learn about how healthcare cyberattacks have been getting more sophisticated.

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Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 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… Translating Healthcare Documents in an Instant. Read more… Translating Healthcare Documents in an Instant.

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Claims Software Can Ease Manual Processes Related to Treating Medical Tourists from Outside the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Because many people don’t proclaim themselves as medical tourists on travel documents, reliable statistics on the prevalence of medical travel are scarce. This lack of code interoperability creates paperwork challenges for American hospitals seeking payment from other nations. But the U.S.

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Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2020

Based on Twilio’s Programmable Video API, the service will give healthcare professionals the ability to launch video visits with patients and to update clinical documentation and review patient histories within Epic EHR workflows. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Featured Health IT Job: Enterprise Architect

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Enterprise Architect position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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Weekly Roundup – October 7, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 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… What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

To help shed a light on these topics, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to see what health IT trends they believe deserve more attention. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., So what trend isn’t being talked about enough? What should be trending right now in health IT?

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Weekly Roundup – February 10, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 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. Automating For Workflow and Quality in Healthcare. Read more… How Envision Radiology Is Setting a Fast Pace for Interoperability.

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Dealing with the Elephant in the Waiting Room – Clipboards and Paper Forms

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

The doctor can also sign it at that time too or the consent document can be routed to the physician sign queue where they doctor can easily retrieve and sign it later. It’s great to see good workflow technology in action in healthcare. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube.

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How EHR vendors are arming providers to handle COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

The company is encouraging organizations to share COVID-19 information through Epic’s interoperability network, saying providers can share travel-screening documentation and infection-status information with both Epic and non-Epic organizations through Care Everywhere, Epic’s interoperability network.

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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Since its founding in 2005, MAeHC has worked to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery in the state by guiding organizations in the implementation and meaningful use of health IT. It has also spearheaded interoperability, standards development and HIT policy initiatives. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 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… What Tools are Necessary for Handling the Cloud in Healthcare ? Helping Providers in Ontario Adopt AI and Improve EMRs.

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What data and technologies are needed to propel telehealth quality?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

" Nicklaus Children's Hospital developed a technology roadmap and implemented telehealth platform enhancements with a focus on interoperability and integration with its EHR. "Data collection and integration of documentation also help measure important outcomes such as improvements in access to care."

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Epic tops Best in KLAS overall software suite list for 12th year running

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Interoperability Platforms. NextGen Healthcare. NextGen Healthcare. Clinical Documentation Integrity. Galen Healthcare. CSI Healthcare IT. Healthcare Management Consulting. Galen Healthcare. Change Healthcare. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. MEDITECH Expanse.

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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 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. John and Colin devoted the latest Healthcare IT Today to a review of spring conference season.

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QHINs Will Help Shine a Light on Data Quality

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

Healthcare IT Today had the chance to ask Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture , for his perspective via email. If you receive data that is not semantically interoperable, the best you can do is make it a readable document. I am waiting to see how and if the QHINs will be addressing semantic interoperability.

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Weekly Roundup – July 8, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 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. What Aren’t Enough People Talking About in Healthcare ?

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Weekly Roundup – July 16, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2022

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. Epic’s Take on TEFCA and Interoperability. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been many discussions about the future of healthcare.

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WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Given the increasingly complex and frequently changing regulations that complicate coding and billing processes, healthcare organizations are turning to trusted and experienced coding and RCM providers who can increase productivity and help ensure accurate reimbursement. For more information visit corridorgroup.com.

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Weekly Roundup – May 27, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 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… Looking at Fax As An On-Ramp for Interoperability. eClinicalWorks Goes from 0 to 60 with AI.

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Pandemic preparedness is a national security issue, say experts at HIMSS21

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2021

She outlined the seven priorities from the Riyadh Declaration, noting several places – such as communication, interoperability and data transparency – that still need to improve throughout the world. "Unless we all work together to do this, again it will be just another document," he said. HIMSS21 Coverage.

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Surescripts Makes Interoperability Official

Fax As An On-Ramp for Interoperability

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Rochester Regional Health is Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Interoperability with COVID – #HITsm Chat Topic

Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Is it Time to Lean into Fax for Provider-Provider Interoperability?

IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Variances In Clinician EHR Use Can Hold Back Interoperability Efforts

Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

CMS issues guidance for new telehealth eCQM reporting in 2020 and 2021

The Evolving Role of Fax in Interoperability in Healthcare

How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Bonus Features – April 21, 2024 – 89% of physicians said generative AI vendors need to be transparent about where info comes from, 73% of consumers expect a 4-star rating before they’ll engage with a provider, plus 21 more stories

Weekly Roundup – January 13, 2024

Security as the Standard: Utilizing the Cloud for Private Healthcare Data

Addiction recovery provider sees success with AI-enabled telehealth meds monitoring

The Tension in TEFCA

Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Claims Software Can Ease Manual Processes Related to Treating Medical Tourists from Outside the U.S.

Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio

Featured Health IT Job: Enterprise Architect

Weekly Roundup – October 7, 2023

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Weekly Roundup – February 10, 2024

Dealing with the Elephant in the Waiting Room – Clipboards and Paper Forms

How EHR vendors are arming providers to handle COVID-19

Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

What data and technologies are needed to propel telehealth quality?

Epic tops Best in KLAS overall software suite list for 12th year running

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QHINs Will Help Shine a Light on Data Quality

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WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

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Pandemic preparedness is a national security issue, say experts at HIMSS21

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