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

Lloyd Price

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are approaching universal adoption in US hospitals and ambulatory practices, thanks in part to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.

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How one provider is transitioning from WebEx and Skype to a full telehealth platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this year temporarily lifted restrictions on the technology that could be used during the pandemic. But they were three separate systems that did not integrate with the EHR platform. So there were many options to choose from. ” All three systems worked.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

It instantly gives Amazon its own online pharmacy and is another step towards integrating medical supplies and pharmaceuticals into its platform and distribution. This year there was job posting for a HIPAA compliance lead for the Alexa team. billion in market valuation on the announcement as fear of Amazon’s disruption set in.

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By 2020, 1-in-5 Healthcare organisations will adopt Blockchain says new IDC report

Lloyd Price

The VA was an early adopter of electronic health records or EHRs.) "It's the variety of EHR systems and interfaces, data sources, and uniformity in workflows," he said. "It's EHR vendors still use proprietary protocols to corner their respective markets, meaning not all data is shared equally. ."

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Costs, Consumerism, Cyber and Care, Everywhere – The 2019 Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

The announcement this week of Morgan Stanley’s capital influx into Medsphere, an EHR company, is a hint of what more is to come in 2019 as an example of investors’ expanded interest in health IT and new-and-improved healthcare services and business models. So much of these data flows aren’t covered by HIPAA.