The CMS Health Tech Ecosystem initiative brings together healthcare technology organizations and networks to advance interoperable data exchange nationwide. Participation in the initiative reflects a ...
The new CMS Interoperability Framework aims to harmonize protections across covered entities, business associates and patient ...
On July 1, a final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took effect that opens up patient access to healthcare data. When the interoperability rule was issued in 2020, former CMS ...
A new survey of tech executives at U.S. hospitals and health systems finds nearly a third indicate their data-sharing efforts are insufficient, even within their own organizations, and fewer than four ...
This is a breaking news story that may be updated. | The rule proposes to eliminate 34 out of 60 requirements for certified health IT in an effort to deregulate the health IT industry. The approach ...
When most think of Interoperability we think of physicians instantly having the necessary data to treat a patient regardless of where that data was initially documented. For a clinician to use the ...
CHICAGO – Interoperability is frequently touted as a means of ensuring the exchange of important health information between healthcare entities, but it turns out that achieving this long sought-after ...
DbMotion from Altera Digital Health, formerly part of Allscripts, was named the top interoperability solution by Black Book Research in an October report. The research group surveyed health IT ...
The game of Telephone is great fun for children but a terrible way to communicate vital health information. Yet in today’s healthcare systems, the multiple fragmented systems can lead to a ...
The two-year war against COVID-19 and its variants has highlighted the critical importance of health data. Collected and delivered largely by health information exchanges (HIEs) around the country, ...
Quality healthcare relies on the ability of providers to share patient data and coordinate care. A patient may visit their primary care physician at the beginning of a care episode and then be ...