Interoperability

Healthcare Execs Raise Concern Over Inaccurate Patient Data

February 17, 2022 - In 2022, healthcare executives are most concerned about inaccurate patient data holding them back from providing quality patient care and a positive patient experience, according to a new survey published by Verato and Sage Growth Partners. By surveying 100 healthcare executives, researchers found that nearly 72 percent of respondents are concerned...


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by Sarai Rodriguez

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Verizon Partnership Aims to Enhance Digital Health Infrastructure

by Hannah Nelson

Verizon Business and UK-based health IT vendor Visionable have announced a collaboration that aims to enhance digital health infrastructure for greater interoperability across the care continuum. The...

Microsoft Azure Joins NIH STRIDES to Advance Cloud-Based Research

by Hannah Nelson

Microsoft Azure is the newest cloud service provider to join the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and...

Wellforce Taps AWS for Interoperability, Cloud-Based Digital Ecosystem

by Hannah Nelson

Wellforce is leveraging Amazon Web Services to create a cloud-based healthcare ecosystem with Epic Systems infrastructure and more than 300 applications for enhanced interoperability. Once live,...

InterSystems Updates Health IT Suite to Boost FHIR Capabilities

by Samantha McGrail

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...

ONC Awards $2.7M to Projects to Advancing Healthcare Data Sharing

by Samantha McGrail

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently announced four awards totaling over $2.7 million to projects addressing the greatest healthcare data sharing...

Medicaid Needs Health IT Infrastructure Update for Enrollment Bump

by Samantha McGrail

Although the COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the weaknesses in the healthcare system, one of the most prominent weakness that has affected the country is antiquated health IT infrastructure in the...

SADA Launches Data Sharing Portal to Aid in COVID-19 Recovery

by Samantha McGrail

SADA recently announced the official launch of the National Response Portal (NRP), which is designed to boost efficient data sharing among healthcare providers and policymakers during the COVID-19...

Data Interoperability and Exchange Recommendations During COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy released short-term steps to improve data interoperability and exchange as states prepare to re-open. The center convened multi-stakeholder working groups to...

Google Cloud Launches Healthcare API During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Samantha McGrail

Google Cloud recently announced it created a Cloud Healthcare API to improve data interoperability and give providers real-time access to health data during the COVID-19 pandemic. The API will allow...

Apple, Google Leverage Bluetooth for COVID-19 Contact Tracing

by Samantha McGrail

Google and Apple recently announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies bolster COVID-19 contact tracing. Across the world, governments and...

Google Cloud Unveils COVID-19 Data Sharing Platform For Providers

by Samantha McGrail

HCA Healthcare and Google Cloud recently launched a COVID-19 data sharing platform to enable the exchange of key information during the pandemic.  The COVID-19 National Response Portal, operated...

Interoperability Platform Ensures Access to COVID-19 Patient Data

by Samantha McGrail

A leading internet and information services company recently announced that it will offer healthcare providers free access to on-demand patient record query through its healthcare interoperability...

Final Interoperability Rule Has Implications for APIs, FHIR

by Samantha McGrail

Earlier this week, the Office of the National Coordination for Health IT (ONC) announced a new interoperability rule which requires certified health IT developers to establish secure, standards-based...

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by Samantha McGrail

A new partnership between pCare and Redox will allow healthcare organizations to quickly and simply integrate pCare’s patient experience solution, assuring seamless healthcare data integration...

ECS Tapped to Modernize Health IT Infrastructure for Military

by Samantha McGrail

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by Fred Donovan

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by Fred Donovan

Most U.S. healthcare IT executives are unfamiliar with healthcare interoperability and information blocking rules being developed by HHS, according to new research from Accenture. Only 18 percent of...

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by Fred Donovan

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) along with six other healthcare organizations are warning that the proposed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...