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OntarioMD is Making Interoperability a Priority for Ontario

Healthcare IT Today

In a recent interview with Healthcare IT Today , Aidan Lee, Director of the Certification Program at OntarioMD , and Matt LaDuke, Director of Products, Integrations, and Service Management, shed light on the evolving landscape of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the state of interoperability in the healthcare sector.

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Healthcare Industry Slower To Adopt Digital Tranformation Than Many Other Industries

Healthcare IT Today

New research suggests that healthcare is lagging behind most other industries when it comes to digital transformation efforts. The study, which was released by Precisely and Corinium Global Intelligence, surveyed 300 chief data officers with more than 2,500 employees on how their digital initiatives were going.

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Physicians Increasingly Interested In Use of Patient-Generated Health Data

Healthcare IT Today

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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Cerner Agrees To Share Patient Medical Records With Life Insurance Industry Intermediary

Healthcare IT Today

Cerner has struck a deal in which it will let a life insurance industry data vendor access patient records. Under the terms of the deal, risk management and digital services vendor MIB will be able to offer life insurance industry players access to 54 million patient medical records, as well as 5,400 patient portals.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. I think health information professionals can be leaders in their organization in those initiatives.”

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Is this how big tech gets into healthcare?

David Chou

But Oracle has taken a big step in the industry by acquiring Cerner Corporation for $28 billion. Most of Cerner's EMR is based on outdated development and proprietary code that does not work well in today's cloud systems. Putting the Cerner EMR systems into the Oracle cloud may require a software redesign.

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

Lloyd Price

This is especially important in the healthcare industry, where patients and providers need to be able to trust the technology they are using. Remote patient monitoring: Telecom companies are developing remote patient monitoring solutions that allow patients to track their health data from home and share it with their healthcare providers.