EHR, Industry, Interoperability and Leadership

Navigating the Interoperability Maze: 3 Key Challenges for Healthcare Providers and Payers

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The following is a guest article by Anthony Murray, Chief Interoperability Officer at MRO In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the quest for interoperability has become paramount. Here we explore the three main interoperability challenges that continue to shape the narrative in healthcare.

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Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors. CIOs are at the forefront, leading transitions to new EHR vendors while managing constrained budgets.

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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

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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Pharmacy Interoperability and Pharmacy Perspectives Coming Out of the ONC Annual Meeting

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Another area where we haven’t enabled pharmacists has to do with pharmacy interoperability. While almost every pharmacy out there now supports ePrescribing, the healthcare industry has fallen short when it comes to ensuring that pharmacists have full access to all of the prescriptions that have been filled for a patient.

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the lead-up to a final rule, CMS is giving the industry impetus and edict to accelerate a new era in medication management. Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops.

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Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a collective holding of breath right now in health IT as the ONC appears likely to issue its final HTI-1 rule with new data standards for the next stage of healthcare interoperability soon. How effectively can the industry innovate while navigating new standards that may add complexity along with frustration?

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Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Much like the rest of the healthcare industry, at the start of the pandemic, the patient load was overwhelming. "Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health.

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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

Together, WellSky and Corridor help more post-acute care organizations succeed against industry challenges.” Corridor’s deep industry expertise in billing and financials, workforce issues, and medical coding complements WellSky’s aim to deliver innovative solutions that power providers’ success.

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Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Tom Liddell, CEO at Harmony Healthcare IT A successful career in health IT leadership requires a unique blend of technical expertise, regulatory knowledge, and strong communication skills. A solid foundation in data infrastructure, security, and privacy protocols is crucial for anyone in 2024 looking to succeed in the healthcare industry.

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CommonWell, MEDITECH, TEFCA, and QHINs

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention.

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A Wide Ranging Look at MEDITECH with Helen Waters

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Given the relatively recent transition of leadership , I thought it would be a good time to check in with MEDITECH’s Executive Vice President & COO, Helen Waters. In our discussion, we cover a broad range of topics including how the leadership change has gone, the impact of COVID, and where they’re headed in the future.

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AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

While the health care industry in general commands a somewhat higher level of trust among Americans than some other sectors do, there is variation in trust-equity across various segments of the U.S. CHAI stands for the Coalition for Health AI, and by March 2024 had over 1,300 representatives from across the industry.

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4 Strategic Considerations for Digital Hospital Transformation

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

This phase could be informed by inputs, like the latest industry trends, patient survey data, and interviews with medical teams who understand the clinical and administrative workflows and challenges. These targets may include modernizing capabilities for general diagnostics, anesthesia, EHR, or other multi-department systems (e.g.

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Harmony Healthcare IT Partners with Novacap to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Renowned for its pioneering offerings and industry expertise, HHIT develops HealthData Platform™, an enterprise-wide, cloud-hosted infrastructure that secures patient, employee, and business records for healthcare delivery organizations in the United States and Canada.

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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.

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TEFCA Real Talk

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention.

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Better Servicing Patients and Staff at Scale with VMware

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2023

Scaling up and down quickly is crucial for many businesses, including the health care industry. In this video, Michael Robinson, VP of Healthcare, says that even five years ago, the health care industry was resistant to the cloud. VMware is a sponsor of Healthcare Scene. Cloud computing is the solution to widely varying workloads.

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Weekly Roundup – December 3, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Colin Hung spoke to Eric Dick and Darren Moser at IEHP about advancing their work with GIS and getting the leadership team to buy in. At the CHIME Fall Forum, John sat down with Hannah Ellerbee at Divurgent about what leadership should look out for, whether it’s inadequate staff training or poorly performing technology tools.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., The following is what they had to share with us. FHIR, HL7).

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Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Even though skilled nursing facilities, long-care homes and retirement facilities are highly regulated, Charnetski says that regulators don’t really understand the industry’s needs. The next step would be to achieve real interoperability in health records, a still elusive goal.

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Clinical workflow automation: key M&A trends in the next 12 months

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The increasing adoption of electronic health records (EHRs): EHRs are becoming increasingly common in healthcare organizations. EHRs can provide a centralised repository for patient data, which can help to improve the efficiency of clinical workflows. Visit , [link] What exactly is clinical workflow automation?

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Telecom companies are quietly building a big presence in HealthTech: 5 Case Studies explore further

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is especially important in the healthcare industry, where patients and providers need to be able to trust the technology they are using. Electronic health records: Telecom companies are developing and deploying electronic health record (EHR) systems, which help healthcare providers to manage patient data more effectively.

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Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

Interoperability is Key For Hill Physicians, signing the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) was an easy first step in its commitment to industry compliance with the Data Exchange Framework (DxF) — the first-ever data sharing agreement in California. A lot of work remains to make data sharing a reality.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. But the industry isn’t there yet and significant gaps remain. Therein lies the rub. Automated chart retrieval is performed at scale, leveraging modern HL7 FHIR APIs.

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#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

The importance of data and interoperability in digital health As healthcare becomes more digital, it's increasingly important to be able to share data seamlessly between different systems. Expect to hear about the challenges and opportunities of data sharing in healthcare. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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Clinical Messaging Apps: What is the right business model?

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 8, 2023

In addition to these general business models, clinical messaging apps may also generate revenue from other sources, such as: Integration fees: Some apps charge healthcare providers a fee to integrate with their electronic health records (EHRs) systems. link] HealthTech M&A Advisory by Founders for Founders, Owners & Investors.

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The Success of E-prescribing and Where We Need to Continue to Improve Medication Management

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

While e-prescribing is one of the biggest healthcare interoperability successes, there is still plenty of work to be done to improve how medication is managed in healthcare today. When it comes to e-prescribing and medication management, I always underestimate some of the nuances involved with the process.

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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

While the healthcare industry has typically lagged behind others in implementing digital strategies, it is catching up in order to streamline workflows, optimize patient outcomes, improve operations, and lower costs. Established interoperability standards will facilitate health information and data sharing across outsourced platforms.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As the next phase in the evolution of interoperability, SDC allows for the secure and near real-time sharing of health data between devices at the point of care, regardless of the manufacturer. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge.

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ELLKAY Selected as CommonWell’s New Technical Service Provider

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service provider to continue their interoperability work and to finish their work to become a QHIN under TEFCA. One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance.

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A View Into the World of LTPAC at the PointClickCare Summit

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

While there was a lot of gratitude for being back together, it was also great to see the transition of leadership that happened on stage. Cool to see the transition of leadership at @PointClickCare #connectatsummit. One of those wins may be the increased awareness by politicians and regulators about the industry.

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IoT Security Risks – How to Make Sure Your Patients and Your Organization are Safe

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

EHR data is a prime target for cyber attackers, as it includes personal data and medical data that can be resold and used to perpetrate financial fraud, extortion, medical billing fraud, and illicit access to medication. In order to have a digital identity that is interoperable across organizational boundaries, you need to have trust.

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Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Their story shed a light on the fact that while we, as an industry, have made significant strides in the digital transformation of healthcare and care delivery, we still have a VERY long way to go. Ultimately there are a lot of areas that health systems can improve and optimize their telehealth and virtual care strategies.

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Onramp to the Cloud Faster with Redox + Google

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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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers. CDA can be utilized in numerous medical applications.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

The pandemic accelerated the need for digitalization across industries, including healthcare. How Artificial Intelligence and Other Tech can Help Even when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), an area where many countries are making strides , the issue of interoperability remains.

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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was created to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology, specifically, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare providers. Before the introduction of the HITECH Act, only 10 percent of hospitals had adopted EHRs.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Stephen Sofoul, SVP, Data & Decision Science Services at MultiPlan A critical challenge lies in the shortage of experienced financial analysts or data analysts capable of effectively analyzing the wealth of information that the healthcare industry holds.

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Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If your organization is interested in adopting enterprise content management through a DMI system, it is critical to determine the costs, evaluate the impact, and build an effective business case to share with leadership. Our experienced professionals can help you configure a system that meets your unique organizational goals.

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One of the Many Advantages of AI in Healthcare: Data

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Technologies like AI and ML have a big role to play in data-digitization, prediction-analytics and interoperability of digital healthcare data. When coupled with automation, AI offers game-changing advantages that can help alleviate the strains of operating in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare industry.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Rather than try to innovate from within healthcare, there are opportunities to disrupt the model by bringing proven solutions and innovations from other industries into healthcare. Frederico Ferreira Braga, Head of Digital at Debiopharm It is quintessential for healthcare that startups continue to tackle the hardest problems the industry.

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Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Subsequently, the healthcare industry will continue to seek to find ways to harness AI and emerging technologies in 2024, with a focus on enhancing clinical processes, decision support, and workforce management. Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D.,

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

With some 95 percent of healthcare providers having deployed EHRs, the healthcare system is officially digital. How the consumerization of healthcare is changing the industry. Interoperability: Health IT's hardest problem is (finally) at an inflection point. by May 10, 2019. The system is digitized. The new frontier? Collection.

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Bold Statements from Hal Wolf at HIMSS24

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2024

Hal Wolf, CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), made several bold statements at HIMSS24 about international growth, courting people in CIO-adjacent roles, and learning from other industries. Wolf responded emphatically: “Healthcare HAS TO learn from other industries.

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Navigating the Interoperability Maze: 3 Key Challenges for Healthcare Providers and Payers

Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT

Trending Sources

These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Pharmacy Interoperability and Pharmacy Perspectives Coming Out of the ONC Annual Meeting

Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

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

Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

CommonWell, MEDITECH, TEFCA, and QHINs

A Wide Ranging Look at MEDITECH with Helen Waters

AI: Patients Included

4 Strategic Considerations for Digital Hospital Transformation

Harmony Healthcare IT Partners with Novacap to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Data Management

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

TEFCA Real Talk

Better Servicing Patients and Staff at Scale with VMware

Weekly Roundup – December 3, 2022

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Clinical workflow automation: key M&A trends in the next 12 months

Telecom companies are quietly building a big presence in HealthTech: 5 Case Studies explore further

Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Clinical Messaging Apps: What is the right business model?

The Success of E-prescribing and Where We Need to Continue to Improve Medication Management

Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

ELLKAY Selected as CommonWell’s New Technical Service Provider

A View Into the World of LTPAC at the PointClickCare Summit

IoT Security Risks – How to Make Sure Your Patients and Your Organization are Safe

Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Onramp to the Cloud Faster with Redox + Google

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

One of the Many Advantages of AI in Healthcare: Data

Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Bold Statements from Hal Wolf at HIMSS24

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