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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

Healthcare IT Today

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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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., 2024 will see prioritized investment in technology solutions that get providers and payers on the same page – interoperable, shared data views that encourage more collaboration and partnership – as a means to a better end: a more sustainable healthcare system.

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Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

National study gets federal grant to evaluate medication charting model involving EMRs A new federal government-funded project will involve pharmacists to validate a medication charting and deprescribing model in hospitals using EMRs. The CARe-MED study, which has received A$1.4

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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

With 185 hospitals, it takes effort for HCA to maintain good quality health data across their entire organization. It means carefully mapping the data that is collected in its warehouses so that it is accurate, normalized, and semantically interoperable (the ability for computer systems to exchange data with unambiguous meaning).

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Will Oracle save the day with its EHR database?

David Chou

It's difficult for physicians to know about their patients when treated at other hospitals. It also makes it challenging for research teams at public health agencies to conduct studies on big groups of people, since they're frequently restricted to the patient data available within their hospital network, he added.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Michael Gould, Associate Vice President for Interoperability Strategy at ZeOmega Regulations that have to do with patient cost transparency and prior authorizations – as well as certified interoperability – will have the largest impact on healthcare IT.

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Clinical Messaging Apps: What is the right business model?

Lloyd Price

Zinc: Zinc is a clinical messaging app that is specifically designed for use in hospitals. Notifyd: Notifyd is a clinical messaging app that is designed for use in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, and private practices. It is also used by healthcare providers in a variety of settings.