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InterSystems Updates Health IT Suite to Boost FHIR Capabilities

November 24, 2020 - InterSystems recently updated the availability of a suite of connected health solutions to improve Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) capabilities, as well as application program interfaces (APIs) and data accessibility. The technology provider launched the system, HealthShare 2020.2, to improve the overall value and...

Key Steps to Achieve Increased Healthcare Interoperability

August 29, 2019 by Fred Donovan

As organizations ponder complying with HHS proposed interoperability rules, they should consider moving beyond regulatory requirements to realize greater healthcare interoperability, advised a new...

Colorado To Get $64M in Federal Funds for Health IT Infrastructure

August 01, 2019 by Fred Donovan

Colorado is set to receive $64 million in federal funds to invest in health IT infrastructure and to implement the state’s Health IT Roadmap, Governor Jared Polis announced recently. Polis...

Cloud Providers Reaffirm Support for Healthcare Interoperability

July 31, 2019 by Fred Donovan

Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce reaffirmed their commitment to healthcare interoperability, particularly the HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)...

CMS Unveils API-based Program to Expand Clinician Access to Health Data

July 30, 2019 by Fred Donovan

CMS unveiled on July 30 a new pilot program called Data at the Point of Care (DPC), which is based on an industry-standard API designed to give clinicians easier access to a patient’s health...

Verma Outlines Plan to Lower Hurdles to Medical Device Innovation

May 03, 2019 by Fred Donovan

CMS Administrator Seema Verma laid out her agency’s strategy to reduce barriers to medical device innovation in the Medicare program, during a May 2 speech at the Medical Device Manufacturers...

ONC’s 2nd Interoperability Forum Focuses on FHIR API, Faxes

August 10, 2018 by Elizabeth O'Dowd

ONC’s 2nd Interoperability Forum, held this week in Washington, DC, focused on the future of the FHIR API in the healthcare space and the continued use of faxes to exchange health records. The...

Value-Based Performance, Resource Management Vital for HIT

February 22, 2017 by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Value-based performance management solutions are becoming increasingly more important to HIT infrastructure as value-based incentives come into play. Healthcare organizations are using advanced...

Recent Imaging Platform Collaboration Highlights EHR Solutions

February 21, 2017 by Elizabeth O'Dowd

National Decision Support Company (NDSC) announced its collaboration with MEDITECH to integrate its CareSelect Imaging platform with MEDITECH’s electronic health record (EHR) solutions. The...

CMS to Update Infrastructure for Quality Payment System

October 18, 2016 by Elizabeth O'Dowd

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected Okta Identity Cloud to improve security, scalability, and user experience in its build up to the official start of the Quality Payment...

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