Category: eHealth

Demand and participation eventually will drive use of open public application program interfaces in healthcare for sharing information between entities, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra predicts. However, he said, first providers must be more willing to make the initial jump onto the bandwagon. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/aneesh-chopra-too-many-bystanders-health-it/2015-02-04?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

While innovative technologies and data analytics sets currently are helping providers in their quest to improve population and public health management efforts, barriers persist for those who need care the most. At the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s annual meeting in the District of Columbia on Monday, a panel of providers discussed…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled Tuesday a two-year grant program for $28 million to advance the adoption and use of interoperable health IT tools and services to support health information exchange. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/hhs-bolsters-hie-interoperability-efforts-28-million-grant-program/2015-02-03?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Today I had a really interesting chat about healthcare interoperability with Mario Hyland, Founder of AEGIS. I’m looking at a number of ways that Mario and I can work together to move healthcare interoperability forward. We’ll probably start with a video hangout with Mario and then expand from there. Until then, I was struck by…

Amid President Barack Obama’s planned Precision Medicine Initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating its regulatory approach to next-generation sequencing. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/fda-rethinks-regulatory-approach-next-generation-sequencing/2015-02-02?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

HIMSS Analytics has recognized two separate healthcare organizations this past week with Stage 7 and Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards. HIMSS Analytics has recognized two separate healthcare organizations this past week with Stage 7 and Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards. For one, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in Orange, Calif. was recognized with a Stage 7…

The Office of the National Coordinator has released for public comment its shared nationwide roadmap for interoperability. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/onc-unveils-interoperability-roadmap-public-comment/2015-01-30?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss