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

Healthcare IT Today

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. When I started my career in health information, I worked in the medical records department.

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Rochester Regional Health is Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time

Healthcare IT Today

Rochester Regional Health is using a measured and practical approach to data interoperability. Starting Simple with Interoperability RRH began integrating external lab data into their Epic EMR to elevate interoperability. Our clinicians needed that information so it was our job to get it to them.”

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Reducing Administrative Costs Within US Healthcare: A Summary

Continue Education Journal

These parts are 1) establishing a clearinghouse for bill submission, 2) simplifying prior authorizations, 3) harmonizing quality reporting, and 4) enhancing data interoperability in the health-care system. We will go through them in detail below. This would contribute to the harmony of reporting metrics nationwide.

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Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The framework will enable us to look for more innovative ways to complement and support the capabilities of our highly skilled workforce, while addressing the risks and challenges that come with the use of AI in health," added NSW Health Minister Ryan Park. The CARe-MED study, which has received A$1.4

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Best Practices for Hospitals Addressing Behavioral Health Platform Integration

Iris Telehealth

For many health systems, customized interfaces are expensive and labor-intensive In 2017, the American Hospital Association released data on the importance of interoperability in healthcare and how connected, shared health information can help achieve the best possible outcomes.

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Interoperability & Healthcare – the Role of Telehealth

Health Recovery Solutions

The pillar of interoperability is the stream of workflows, patient data, and other necessary information through software and data integrations.

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem. Developers of certified health IT will also have the ability to move to USCDI v3 sooner.