By Erin Little – ASTP has taken your valuable feedback and we are proud to unveil the newly redesigned Standards Implementation & Testing Environment (SITE)—your all-in-one testing hub for the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program).
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By Jeremy Dixon – In a fast-paced healthcare environment, practices, providers, and patients need resources that help them easily stay informed and connected. This has led to the rise of mobile healthcare solutions, or platforms that provide remote access to healthcare information and the EHR.
Our annual predictions for 2025 continue with our quest for interoperability. Throughout the next few weeks we will be asking the industry experts what they think we will see in 2025. Check back as we cover value-based care, virtual care, and how AI will impact healthcare finance, security, RCM, and clinical issues.
By Zac Amos – Radiology has long been at the forefront of healthcare, providing the vital imaging data needed to diagnose and treat patients. Today, the field has taken a significant leap forward with the latest technology — 3D printing.
By Matt Fisher – The HHS Office for Civil Rights is finishing 2024 with a flurry of HIPAA settlements and there is still more time to go. Each settlement offers a different insight into necessary compliance and oversight activities.
Our annual predictions for 2025 continue with AI solving clinical issues. Throughout the next few weeks we will be asking the industry experts what they think we will see in 2025. Check back as we cover value-based care, interoperability, virtual care, and how AI will impact healthcare finance, security, and RCM.
By Micky Tripathi and Mariann Yeager – The “T” in Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is an important part of what drives our work. So too is the public-private engagement we have created over the past seven years. As we launched TEFCA last year we did so with the expectation that we would need to make iterative adjustments over time to help it grow.
By Dr. Jans Aasman & Dr. Richard Wallace – Imagine querying a medical database to analyze patients with nervous system disorders, only to have the results include unrelated conditions like heart failure and burn injuries. These errors aren’t just technical nuisances—they can have life-or-death consequences in clinical settings.
By David Finn – Cybersecurity in healthcare will evolve significantly over the next few years to become more effective and more integrated into the business operations. Security will no longer be the sole domain of Security and IT – – it will be wherever and whenever business decisions are made in healthcare.