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Mobile Health Cloud vs Privacy Regulations

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There is some strong discussion going on at HL7 around privacy concerns, especially now that HL7 FHIR has enabled easy application writing. There is concern that applications are being written by people that might not be as mature in the knowledge of how important Privacy is in healthcare. Let me explain my disagreement.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits. With EMRs offering healthcare-standard APIs (such as FHIR) for integration, patients need to select devices with integration capabilities using healthcare standards.

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