Category: Interoperability

Interoperability, data sharing and reporting—and the IT infrastructure to support them—will be crucial components of payment reform as it gains traction across the entire care continuum nationwide, according to Kelly Cronin, health reform coordinator in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Interoperability, data sharing and reporting—and the IT infrastructure to…

At Cerner’s annual meeting, executives express confidence At a shareholder meeting in Kansas City, Cerner CEO Neal Patterson reports that, since 2010, the company has doubled its contract win rate. He reported that he is optimistic about the company’s interoperability initiatives and its population health consulting services. Thaw resigns as Athens Regional CEO Athens Regional…

St. Joseph Health (SJH), an integrated healthcare delivery system serving patients in California, Texas and New Mexico is launching its health informatics platform, tapping the Cambridge, Mass.-based InterSystems to deploy its HealthShare technology. St. Joseph Health (SJH), an integrated healthcare delivery system serving patients in California, Texas and New Mexico is launching its health informatics…

Providers using non-Epic clinical systems say that while it isn’t easy, they are able to share data with Epic, according to a recent report from the Orem, Utah-based KLAS. Providers using non-Epic clinical systems say that while it isn’t easy, they are able to share data with Epic, according to a recent report from the…

FDASIA and Healthcare’s Moon Shot Goal of ICU Safety By Stephanie Reel Preparing for the FDASIA panel was an energizing opportunity. It allowed me to spend a little time thoughtfully considering the role of government and the role of private industry in the future of health IT integration and interoperability. It gave me an opportunity…

Technologists have worked for years to break down data silos in healthcare. Then, just as it seemed they were starting to figure out interoperability, along comes a flood of mobile health apps that simply don’t connect to anything. A recent report from MedData Group, a market research firm based in Topsfield, Mass., found that many…

A recent federally-funded JASON white paper said that large-scale interoperability amounts to little more than replacing fax machines with the electronic delivery of page-formatted medical records. One hospital CEO agrees, saying it’s time for the industry to become more interoperable. Is the current lack of interoperability among the data resources for electronic health records (EHRs)…

Investing in interoperability is well worth it so a health system can be demarcated by its data, and not its individual buildings, according to John Bosco, CIO of Great Neck, New York-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. read more …read more    

In Germany, facilities representing different sectors and disciplines combine in complex ways to provide outpatient care. For medical and care policy reasons any moves to integrate the relevant IT systems to a greater degree are welcomed. Already, there are good examples of progress. …read more    

Kyle Silvestro is founder and CEO of Tell me about yourself and the company. I’ve been in the world of clinical natural language processing and semantic interoperability for the last decade. My team collectively has been in the industry for more than 45 years. As a company, we focus on the world of data. We…