By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced the latest in its ongoing series of settlements or penalties stemming from individual right of access issues under HIPAA on October 17, 2024, which also happens to be the fiftieth such settlement.
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We rounded up some industry experts to comment on The 2025 Employer Health Care Strategy Survey that explored ways employers address health care costs and key benefit strategy considerations in the near future and long-term.
By Linda Finkel – With all the tasks health systems currently face, the idea of radically reinventing can be daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. To bring real change in a healthcare system, it’s necessary to think boldly and transform the way things are done.
By Susan Clark -During the DirectTrust conference in late September, I had the great fortune to run into Marc Mar-Yohana, founder of OtisHealth, a DirectTrust member who was speaking at the conference. Like me, he sees the bright side of things and has a positive energy vibe.
By Eric Demers – With more than half of patients using a health plan’s provider directory to select a physician, incorrect physician information has quietly become one of the biggest barriers to treatment. Value-based care is supposed to optimize patient outcomes, but that’s tough to do when patients can’t find the appropriate healthcare services.
By Kendra Obrist – ASTP’s FHIR Action Plan is a welcome development for those of us who have long seen HL7 FHIR as a cornerstone of interoperability. With the ASTP’s focus on FHIR, we are moving closer to a fully interoperable healthcare ecosystem.
By Chris Bowen – In recent years, blockchain technology has emerged as the buzzword across multiple industries, promising to revolutionize processes with its decentralized and secure framework. In the healthcare sector, it has been hailed as the solution to longstanding challenges.
By Kim Boyd – A recent study published in Health Affairs examined the current state of Health Information Organizations and their engagement with TEFCA. TEFCA represents a major leap toward creating a unified federal health information exchange, but the study reveals a mix of optimism and hesitancy across the industry.
By Dan Healy and Michael Lipinski – In this blog post we share concerns that have been brought to our attention pertaining to potential violations of the information blocking regulations by health care providers as well as developers of certified health IT.