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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better.

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Finding the future of interoperability with Redox: Part 2 – HL7 v2 to FHIR (and back again)

Redox

HL7 v2, a data standard governed by HL7 International, is most commonly employed for event-driven data feeds to communicate updates about events as they happen such as a patient discharge or a new lab result. Most frequently, all of this magic happens over a VPN between organizations. Can you hear that?

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Redox unwraps interoperability in 2024

Redox

Here are some specific reflections: FHIR adoption: We missed the mark on our HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) growth prediction. Through our research with our partners at Sage Growth, we found that only 62% of providers and 38% of payers have adopted the FHIR standard for their data interoperability use cases.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

But a key limiting factor of these many sensors generating data has been inadequate backend algorithms that address signal noise and limited EHR integration, the authors observe. The proliferation of such wearable sensors and remote patient monitoring technologies helps set the technology stage for HaH.

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Interoperability Between Hospitals and EMS is a Light Switch Away

Healthcare IT Today

DirectTrust recently hosted their second annual Summit (recordings still available), an event focused on connecting DirectTrust members and non-members with some of the nation’s greatest healthcare and interoperability experts. The following is a guest article by Emily Burch Harris, Freelance Health Writer.

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CharmHealth Unveils 2024 Innovation Challenge to Bring Creative Solutions to the Fingertips of Healthcare Providers

Digital Health Global

CharmHealth will cover the costs for accommodations and meals of the short-listed candidates invited to the event. This focus allows CharmHealth to concentrate its resources and expertise in a particular realm, fostering innovation and advancements in the EHR and related landscapes. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

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On the safety of EHRs

Health Intersections

The subject of EHR safety is back in the news – probably driven by the AMIA meeting last week: “I remember internal conversations where we talked about ‘What is the equivalent of a plane crash that is going to get the attention of people?’” said Reider, who now practices family medicine in upstate New York. “‘Is

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