Category: Interoperability

Rep. Mike Burgess’s “discussion draft” on interoperability, which received much media attention in March but was not made available to the public, is a “heavy handed” way to require interoperability and would entangle the industry in “red tape, reporting and recriminations,” according to an article from Chilmark Research. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/chilmark-rep-mike-burgess-interoperability-discussion-draft-heavy-handed/2015-03-31?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rule for Stage 3 of Meaningful Use represents an ambitious attempt to jumpstart interoperability in the healthcare industry, there are concerns that it could be a difficult row to hoe for providers. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/stage-3-meaningful-use-rules-ambitious-burdensome-providers-say/2015-03-23?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The 2015 winner in the category of Interoperability is Splunk, Inc., a San Francisco, California-based company focused on optimizing operational intelligence. Healthcare Informatics spoke with Tapan Bhatt, vice president of business analytics and Randy Rosshirt, healthcare solutions expert, about the importance of operational intelligence, how to not be overwhelmed by data and why the right…

HHS announces proposed rules to support the path to nationwide interoperability ONC publishes Meaningful Use Stage 3 proposed rules and 2015 Edition EHR certification criteria, with public comments open until May 29. The rules establish a single definition of “meaningful use” that all hospitals and providers will have to meet by 2018, attempts to streamline…

DirectTrust Interoperability Report Suggests Best Practices, Improvements DirectTrust reports that thus far 35,000 healthcare organizations are connected to the Direct Network, accounting for 23 million Direct exchanges last year. Healthcare reform: Five trends to watch as the Affordable Care Act turns five PwC reports on the impact the Affordable Care Act has had on the…

Lawmakers focused on the problems created by the lack of interoperability among electronic health record systems at a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/lawmakers-policy-experts-blast-barriers-ehr-interoperability-senate-hearing/2015-03-18?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Despite $28 billion spent to date, the HITECH Act has failed to boost efficiency, cut costs or improve care quality for patients, primarily due to a lack of interoperability, five republican senators say. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/hitech-doomed-start/2015-03-06?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Top News A Health Affairs article written by five Republican senators says their 2013 question of what value Americans have received in return for their $35 billion HITECH investment hasn’t been answered. They say EHRs “are not meaningful for physicians,” interoperability remains elusive, the $12.5 billion CBO-predicted EHR savings haven’t been realized, and ONC’s interoperability…

I received an email from ONC on Thursday that they were extending the deadline for nominations to the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase, citing “feedback that organizations needed more time to submit nominations for participation.” From the time the email arrived, that’s a whopping three business days until the deadline. It made me wonder exactly why the…

The pressure is mounting on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense to share health records electronically–if only the agencies will take the hint. Not one, but two reports were issued last week decrying that the lack of interoperability is a serious problem for this country. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/va-dod-must-pick-pace-interoperability/2015-02-18?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss…