Category: Interoperability

Top 10 issues for physicians to watch in 2015 The American Medical Association says that it will spend 2015 fighting to remove “barriers to providing high-quality care” by lobbying for relaxed Meaningful Use rules, improved EHR usability, and improved interoperability. Epic Systems draws on literature greats for its next expansion Epic unveils the designs for…

EHR Vendors: Barriers to Interoperability By King Coal As patients and taxpayers, I encourage everyone to contact your Congressional members about this topic. Mention that the barriers to EHR interoperability are not just technical — they are contractual as well. EHR vendors that enjoy the benefit of our tax dollars under the HITECH Act are…

Billionaire With Achy Knees Cashing In on Health Data Bloomberg profiles InterSystems and its owner Terry Ragon, whose net worth has soared to $3.1 billion since starting the company. NextGen Healthcare and Mirth Launch Enterprise Interoperability Platform Quality Systems Inc., parent company to both NextGen and Mirth, announces a new interoperability offering that allows NextGen…

​Draft guidance published Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seemingly paves the way for smoother medical device interoperability by lowering the burden on developers of medical device data systems (MDDS) to comply with agency requirements. read more …read more    

Reaction to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s 10-year interoperability plan has been mixed, with organizations calling for stronger language and greater detail but also praising this first step. read more …read more    

Lack of interoperability with hospital systems and lack of federal funds continue to be obstacles for effective data-sharing between emergency crews and hospitals. read more …read more    

Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure ONC publishes a 10-year plan for delivering on nationwide health IT interoperability. The plans objectives are divided into three year, six year, and 10 year milestones and culminates with the realization of “a learning health system.” Senate confirms…

In 10 years, the health IT infrastructure will include array of interoperable products and services that allow the healthcare system to continuously learn and advance the goal of improved healthcare, according to ONC’s 10-year interoperability vision released on June 5. By 2024, individuals, providers, communities, and researchers should have an array of interoperable health IT…

Top News It’s been a busy week for ONC. After news of a reorganization, cheerleading for open data at Health Datapalooza, and receiving a letter from GOP leaders questioning its authority, the office publishes a 10-year vision statement on the future of interoperability. At 13 pages, it is “an invitation to health IT stakeholders ……

By 2024, the national health IT infrastructure and data standards will evolve to support robust information sharing and aggregation, creating a “continuous learning” environment for care, according to an ONC paper published today. read more …read more