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DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement

Healthcare IT Today

DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information. EHNAC is a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data. To learn more, visit: [link].

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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

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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COVID-19: Lessons from Thailand’s BIDI & Samitivej Group of Hospitals

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With limited knowledge and information about COVID-19, the initial challenges in handling the rising number of COVID-19 include: Clinical practice guidelines that were changing frequently. ” Looking at the WHO ITU e-Health governance, standards and interoperability are the fundamentals of applications and services.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the road to our digital health utopia of seamless data interoperability and transparency is littered with rusted hulks of other really great ideas. These didn’t really exist in the days of Google Health, but the Argonaut Project and other initiatives have laid the table.

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10 Key Medtech Themes for 2023

Henry Kotula

In response to heightened consumer demand for tech-enabled care, pharmaceutical and medtech companies are collaborating to use digital technologies to engage with consumers, unlocking a vast range of treatments such as personalized medicine. Growing importance of data privacy and security. More active engagement with FDA/EMA/MHRA.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the road to our digital health utopia of seamless data interoperability and transparency is littered with rusted hulks of other really great ideas. These didn’t really exist in the days of Google Health, but the Argonaut Project and other initiatives have laid the table.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the road to our digital health utopia of seamless data interoperability and transparency is littered with rusted hulks of other really great ideas. These didn’t really exist in the days of Google Health, but the Argonaut Project and other initiatives have laid the table.