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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Virtual Care service is currently being provided through WACHS's command centre, outpatient services, metropolitan health services that offer remote patient access, and business meeting rooms. The task force, which is composed of senior leaders and subject matter experts, recently met for its first meeting.

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

Healthcare IT Today

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. 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.

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Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management

Healthcare IT Today

Download our white paper, “ Leading enterprise content strategy with health information management: An executive guide for acquiring a document management and imaging platform.”. Focus on meeting care improvement and cost-efficiency goals to provide an enhanced patient experience while inspiring better healthcare.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

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). State and regional HIEs are critical to our nation’s goal of comprehensive interoperability.

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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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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

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.

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

Healthcare IT Today

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).