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What Should You Think About When Migrating Existing Healthcare Systems and Applications to the Cloud?

Healthcare IT Today

Ensuring that HIPAA compliance is met by the cloud provider is top of mind. Further, healthcare systems should investigate their interoperability and integrations. Have the healthcare systems investigated their interoperability model and how that will function within the public cloud?

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How Do Patient Portals and Personal Health Records Differ?

Lloyd Price

Patient portals and personal health records (PHRs) have both received considerable praise for their role in increasing patient engagement. However, distinguishing between the two forms of health IT tools can often be difficult, due to nebulous definitions and overlapping features. These are called tethered PHRs or connected PHRs.