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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. Additionally, we’ll be able to continue our combined focus on interoperability initiatives to assist the healthcare ecosystem meet industry initiative timelines.”.

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Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

According to a report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, as of 2021, 96% of non-federal acute care hospitals and 78% of office-based physicians have adopted certified EHR technology. The Importance of Data Accuracy in EHR Many healthcare organizations have jumped on the EHR bandwagon.

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RFID in Healthcare: Navigating Security & Privacy Regulations

Healthcare IT Today

These products, such as pharmaceuticals, can be safely tracked from manufacturing to distribution and administration, providing unmatched value and security throughout the product lifecycle. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is another significant regulation that can impact RFID in healthcare applications.

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The Home and Low-Touch Health Care – a Health Consumer Update from Capgemini

Health Populi

Capgemini offers recommendations to providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers to tap opportunities outside of inpatient settings and, increasingly, to the home and digital device. patients’ electronic health records lack the level of interoperability that the COVID-19 pandemic could have better leveraged.

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Weekly Roundup – July 16, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Epic’s Take on TEFCA and Interoperability. Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. Funding and M&A Activity: API platform for patient data exchange Particle Health announced $25 million in funding. ScalaMed will be part of the Cardinal Health subsidiary Outcomes.

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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.