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Embracing and Prioritizing Cloud-Based Care in Rural Communities

Healthcare IT Today

But just like comparing different types of aircraft, the options for EHR solutions are widely separated in terms of complexity. The right cloud-based EHR solution is ideal for underserved and isolated providers. The right solution can also offer a roughly 50% reduction in time and cost management of EHR infrastructure.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. As we look back on 2019, it's worth remembering how far the industry has traveled to get here. -- Mike Miliard, Editor. by September 30, 2019.

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EHR Incentive Programs: Moving into the Next Stage

CMS.gov

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

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

Lloyd Price

Microsoft has been engaged for many years on developing best practices for interoperability across industries. This requires a variety of technical strategies and ongoing collaboration for the industry to converge and embrace emerging standards for healthcare data interoperability, such as HL7 FHIR and the Argonaut Project.

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Gearing up for Immunizations

Redox

Functionally, this type of tool is called an immunization registry , and, luckily for us, it has existed for decades. Immunization administration was a key workflow within the EHR; therefore, sharing that to the registry automatically seems like a no-brainer to reduce the burden on providers. The government thought the same.