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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Now, as Michael said, the EHR is taking in data, analyzing it, and enabling its use back in the practice as an adjunct to the physician decisionmaking process, using data to diagnose and treat. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Now, as Michael said, the EHR is taking in data, analyzing it, and enabling its use back in the practice as an adjunct to the physician decisionmaking process, using data to diagnose and treat. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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

Lloyd Price

Interoperability is an overlapping set of technical and policy challenges, from data access to common data models to information exchange to workflow integration – and these challenges often pose a barrier to healthcare innovation. Today, as health IT community leaders get together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0