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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S. Since the U.S. A huge role often times.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability.

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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce issue joint statement for healthcare interoperability

Lloyd Price

Interoperability is an overlapping set of technical and policy challenges, from data access to common data models to information exchange to workflow integration – and these challenges often pose a barrier to healthcare innovation. Today, as health IT community leaders get together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0

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Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future. EHRs used to be so far behind the firewall at healthcare organizations that they weren’t really vulnerable. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

He says everybody is (or should be) in favor of paying $500 today instead of having a significant healthcare event or expense in the future. EHRs used to be so far behind the firewall at healthcare organizations that they weren’t really vulnerable. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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