Category: Interoperability

On Tuesday, September 17 and Wednesday, September 18, several of our federal partners will be participating in the Health IT Week Interoperability Showcase on Capitol Hill. Federal Health Architecture (FHA) member agencies will highlight their work toward the development and use of interoperable electronic health information exchange. Electronic health advances on display Many agencies will…

The importance of interoperability and patient matching is the focus of a new case study about San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare published Monday by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. read more Source: Sharp HealthCare’s Bill Spooner: ‘Robust interoperability is a competitive advantage’

Quality Systems Inc. (QSI) and its subsidiary NextGen Healthcare have acquired Mirth Corporation, a health information technology vendor that specializes in interoperability, for an undisclosed amount the company recently announced. Quality Systems Inc. (QSI) and its subsidiary NextGen Healthcare have acquired Mirth Corporation, a health information technology vendor that specializes in interoperability, for an undisclosed…

I <3 EMR's — WITH A SCRIBE! Otherwise it is like #DYAC gone wild – NOT GOOD! 🙂 @MatthewBowdish @doctorfullerton — Diana Driscoll (@Prettyill) September 9, 2013 I’ve heard more and more people proclaiming the value of scribes with their EMR. Certainly many are leery of the costs associated with scribes, but I don’t know…

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has announced nearly $1.3 million in grants to fund projects that advance the interoperability of electronic health records with the Commonwealth’s health information exchange, called the Mass HIway. Aprima Medical Software is pleased to announce that it was one of the grant recipients for the…

Whether being pulled by government mandates or pushed by the need for better interoperability and care coordination, hospital executives are feeling the pain and searching for solutions to these and other issues that threaten their profit and viability. Source: Hospital Executives Seeking The Next Generation Of Data Portability

Voluntary medical device standards for interoperability were recognized this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as outlined in an Aug. 6 post in the Federal Register. read more Source: FDA recognizes med device interoperability standards

Earlier this summer I wrote about the importance of provider health IT adoption from my vantage point as a parent. I'd like to add on to that commentary, but this time from my perspective as a… read more Source: The importance of interoperability–from a son's perspective

Following our release of Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Transitions of Care, today we’ve posted our second interoperability deep dive document for Health Information Exchange Organizations (HIOs), Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Patient Electronic Access Measures. Interoperability is achieved when information is exchanged…