Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2023

One area where we have seen this front and center is when it comes to how healthcare organizations approach interoperability and integration. In the past, interoperability and integration were kind of an afterthought. This is just one of many reasons why interoperability and integration are important in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Harmony Healthcare IT (HHIT) , a leading health data management and platform solution provider, today announced a significant investment from Novacap , one of North America’s premier private equity firms. This strategic partnership will accelerate HHIT’s technological contribution and expansion in health information technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a recent message I got from EHNAC, they had this great image at the start of their email: Then, they had this line below it which really caught my attention: Interoperability has been an important topic in healthcare for over a decade. Are we there yet? Are we closer than we were? Absolutely. No […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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). Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2020

New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Since its founding in 2005, MAeHC has worked to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery in the state by guiding organizations in the implementation and meaningful use of health IT. It has also spearheaded interoperability, standards development and HIT policy initiatives. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a collective holding of breath right now in health IT as the ONC appears likely to issue its final HTI-1 rule with new data standards for the next stage of healthcare interoperability soon. Some key HTI-1 compliance deadlines require action before the end of 2024.To

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. A lot of work remains to make data sharing a reality.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2021

healthcare system, healthcare organizations were struggling to prepare for the new set of rules that would codify demands that they make patient health information freely available. Even before the pandemic overwhelmed the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is particularly true when it comes to sharing health information between healthcare organizations and with patients. To better understand everything that’s happening with the 21st Century Cures Act and how it will impact healthcare organizations, I sat down with Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Our lineup includes a deep dive into Europe’s current regulatory landscape, including the AI Act, the European Health Data Space and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. The Trusted Exchange Framework is the technical standard that governs the actual sharing of data, and the Common Agreement is the legal agreement that governs the obligations of those sharing the data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

But the administrative costs for providers to share this information keep escalating. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. Therein lies the rub.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field. HI (also called Health Information Systems) uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes. Tools include medical terminology, information and communication systems, and computer technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set). And the next chapter begins!

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

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).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event.

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

Sustaining our exceptional healthcare depends now more than ever on driving down costs, and a major part of the CMS strategy to drive down costs depends on smart and innovative use of information technology (IT). The CHIO role will enhance my leadership team, working across CMS, with federal partners including the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The content of this article is taken from a panel Kno2 hosted as part of the recent Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference , in collaboration with DirectTrust™ within a track dedicated to the sharing of health data to advance health equity. Post-Acute Providers for the Win!

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Google met HIPAA requirements when it pulled together millions of patient records when working with the Ascension health system.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The key features of Care Studio for creating longitudinal health records include: Data Integration: Care Studio connects to and harmonizes data from multiple sources, creating a unified view of a patient's health history.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate. The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to accelerate across the United States, with record-breaking infection rates and a tragically high death count.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

MAY 22, 2019

With this influx of data, companies are working to make sense of it all and integrate it into current healthcare systems. What are some of the challenges with regards to all of this data generation? There is also a risk of data overload. More thought leadership. 2) Integration. 3) Privacy. Originally posted here.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

New data standards announced last December by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology (ONC) are an extraordinarily significant expansion of regulations around health IT and could hijack product roadmaps for years to come.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deven McGraw , Co-Founder of Ciitizen® and Lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae Corporation HIEs and HINs Should take Key Actions Now to Prepare for the Enforcement of the Information Blocking Rules On Sept.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

AdvancedMD announced 21st Century Cures Act Certification , which emphasizes new industry standards for interoperability, usability, and security. Ardent Health Services chose Cadence for remote monitoring and virtual care for patients with hypertension, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The modern health information API, FHIR, includes the Gender Harmony taxonomy developed by HL7. Sharing SDoH CRISP Shared Services is a nonprofit health data utility (HDU) that integrates data between health information exchanges (HIEs).

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They use claims data to track use of emergency rooms, medical equipment, and generic versus brand medications. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As stakeholders within the healthcare ecosystem, we must be very mindful of how we use AI to help organizations gather the data and insights they need without mismanaging patients’ personal health information or sacrificing their privacy rights.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

As we enter 2024, we can expect to see more focus on a common bottleneck in healthcare: interoperability. Brian Laberge, Solutions Engineer, Health Language at Wolters Kluwer Health Readying health data for AI prime time. One big health data target in 2024? Training AI models on all that data.

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