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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce issue joint statement for healthcare interoperability

Lloyd Price

This requires a variety of technical strategies and ongoing collaboration for the industry to converge and embrace emerging standards for healthcare data interoperability, such as HL7 FHIR and the Argonaut Project. I got involved with the FHIR community early when I wrote the first open-source FHIR server.

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Embleema Launches Public Beta of Personal Health Records Blockchain

Lloyd Price

Embleema, a Delaware company, emerged from stealth and launched the public beta of its HIPAA-compliant, personal health records blockchain after one year of research and development, the company said on Tuesday. But more specifically, it is designed for patients and providers to share medical records.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – November 15, 2022 – News from Amwell, Epic, Google, MEDITECH, Microsoft, and more, plus the dates for HLTH Europe

Healthcare IT Today

Outcomes4Me found that more than half of healthcare organizations are non-compliant with HIPAA and don’t honor individuals’ right to access their health records. Teva Pharmaceuticals is partnering with Healthsnap and Rimidi to increase patient access to the Digihaler system.

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By 2020, 1-in-5 Healthcare organisations will adopt Blockchain says new IDC report

Lloyd Price

It can also leverage the open, API-compatible Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) interface, a set of standards that will be available in every major EHR to consolidate lifetime clinical records from different EHR providers. Users can opt in to upload their genetic data and rent it to medical researchers.