Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2019

A pair of senators have filed a bill which would impose new regulations on how companies manage data generated by consumer technologies such as health apps, wearables and direct-to-consumer genetic tests. The Protecting Personal Health Data Act, which was filed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2020

A new report from Stanford Medicine suggests that after years of holding it at arms’ length, physicians are becoming more comfortable with the use of patient-generated health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the world of health IT and healthcare policy, this is the day we love to share our love (and some disdain) for healthcare in what we call #HealthPolicyValentines. Less fragmented health data. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! May your lives be filled with love this day. What does that mean for patients?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2020

As health clinics, dentists, and specialists gradually reopen during what we hope is a reprieve from the first COVID-19 wave, lapses in effective data sharing come into glaring view. For instance, some friends told me that when they arrived at a clinic, the receptionist handed them paper forms and pens.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In recent times, Apple has been making a number of public moves focused on getting its customers to pull their health data onto their iPhone. Using Apple’s Health app, consumers can have their health data downloaded automatically from any institution with which it has partnered.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A new survey concludes that many health IT executives are not too familiar with new federal regulations which, among other things, require that patients have more access to their health records and forbid providers from hampering health data sharing across networks.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. I expect we’ll see many more health IT companies become QHINs. This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The agreement positions it to become the top vendor in the maturing market for patient-generated health data. In early November, news broke that Google parent Alphabet had agreed to acquire wearables maker Fitbit for about $2.1 billion in cash.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2022

Recently, we shared news about the growing feature set under development as part of Google Health’s Care Studio, most recently its “Conditions” feature which summarizes patient conditions and uses NLP to link related information like labs or medications to those condition listings.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Innovar Healthcare also branched out to help labs with data sharing when COVID-19 hit, and now is working more and more with digital health companies who have similar data sharing problems. The problem most organizations face with health data interoperability is that it is not just about the data or the formats.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Each day in healthcare, data becomes more valuable, more useful, and more important to a healthcare organization. It’s easy to see that the future of healthcare rests on the back of data. The problem is that data in and of itself isn’t useful.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 15, 2023

In 2023 the company received high ‘Best in KLAS’ honors in several categories: 2023 Overall Physician Practice Vendor Small Practice Ambulatory EMR/PM: Independent (2-10 Physicians) Practice Management: Independent (11-75 Physicians) Ambulatory EMR: Independent (11-75 Physicians) Value-Based Care: Patient Portals EMR-Centric Virtual Care: Telehealth (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2020

This is the tale of a quiet effort by Facebook to take over (more of) our lives, in this case by sliding laterally into the healthcare business and collecting data on our medical habits. What I’m about to share draws on a story appearing in The Atlantic laying out how Facebook might be able to […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

AVIA added RUSH, MUSC Health, and United Regional Health Care System to its network. Health Plan Alliance selected 1upHealth as its preferred health data interoperability vendor. Products Consensus Cloud Solutions launched Clarity Clinical Documentation , which routes unstructured data into patient records.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Yesterday, we shared a number of the insights into the health data and interoperability needs in healthcare. A HIMSS statistic cited the average healthcare system as having 18 EMRs. Until that data is more centralized and secure, it can create challenges for HIM teams, clinicians, and patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Lastly, we wrap everything up by discussing what a health data utility (HDU) is. What’s a health data utility (HDU)? Lastly, we wrap everything up by discussing what a health data utility (HDU) is. Are TEFCA and QHINs real or are they memorex?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The thing is, the job they’ve learned to do – serving as an exchange point for any and all data coming their way – may already be outmoded, according to Claudia […]. After years of evolving and struggling to find a solid business model, HIEs have finally found a reasonably secure place in the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2020

Patient data has always been in demand, particularly among pharmas and medical research organizations that need it to do their daily business.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

For quite some time, giant technology companies have struggled to get a foothold in the healthcare business, but with relatively little success. Now, if one Google executive is to be believed, these giants may have finally concluded that at least where the EHR market is concerned, they have thrown in the towel. On the other […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2020

Plus, then we asked them how it will impact health data sharing going forward. As part of our Healthcare IT 100 in 100, we asked a wide variety of healthcare interoperability experts to chime in on the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Humana has cut a deal with a vendor allowing members to share data from a very wide range of devices and apps with its wellness division. Working with personal health data platform Validic, Humana will allow members to connect […]. Here’s a deal that could have a greater impact than it might appear upon first glance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. David Navarro, Senior Director of Data Science at Harmony Healthcare IT. Healthcare AI. Healthcare Workforce.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2020

In many ways, the pandemic has highlighted some of the challenges healthcare faces in sharing health data between providers. Healthcare interoperability has always been a hot topic, but it’s become even more interesting amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2020

Lately, big tech organizations have become very interested in getting their hands on large volumes of consumer health data. While getting the data in the door and integrated is challenge enough, the bigger one might eventually be finding the money to pay consumers for their records.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2021

Electronic Healthcare Records were supposed to be the wave of the future, allowing clinicians more time to spend with patients, and offering individuals access to their personal health data. But is it working the way we intended? Clinician burnout, and […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). Does the Exchange Allow Participants Full Control Over Their Data?

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 14, 2018

This will allow the developers to address issues in connecting their apps to the Epic EMR. Previously, Epic wouldn’t let mobile app developers connect to its EMR until a customer requested permission on their behalf. 2018 Digital Health Prediction 2: Voice technology will be the first step to personalising pharma. link] [link]

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. Smith-McCurdy and Leslie urge California providers and entities to use the resources available, take action, and get involved.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS). Healthcare Performance Group, Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While readers might not even remember this, Apple made what could be seen as its first major health data play back in 2014, when it launched its HealthKit framework and API. When Apple CEO Tim Cook said that his company’s greatest contribution to mankind would be health-related, he wasn’t just posturing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The purchase of OneRecord positions Milliman IntelliScript to better serve clients who depend on the company’s delivery of digital health and consumer data to mitigate applicant risks, meet customer demand for a faster application process, and extend coverage to more people.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2020

Amazon has quietly struck a data-sharing deal with England’s National Health Service giving it free access to a range of health data from British consumers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

This data is then automatically entered into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR) in a structured format, which can be easily searched, analyzed, and shared among healthcare providers.

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