Most people would agree that getting the best medical care would be much easier if there was a way to connect all providers. Today, many patients visit more providers than their general practitioner on a regular basis, and healthcare organizations can have difficulty coordinating health information between their various providers.
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Join ONC for the inaugural Interoperability in Action Day highlighting many of the successful standards and technology progress advancing the exchange of health information over the past year.
The Washington Health Alliance (the Alliance) announced the launch of its new Community Checkup website, its signature site with detailed results on the quality of care and patient experience within Washington state.
DirectTrust released for public comment a white paper containing more than 50 recommendations aimed at the more than 350 EHR vendors and HIT products’ vendors that provide Direct Interoperability, urging them to significantly improve the usability of their products for secure, interoperable clinical messaging.
CommonWell Health Alliance® announced it has completed building the first set of The Argonaut Project’s FHIR specifications into its core services—making it the first national network to enable comprehensive FHIR-based-exchange at scale.
The Sequoia Project, the leading independent advocate for nationwide health data sharing, announced the addition of six new members to its board of directors.
The Personal Connected Health Alliance and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise are launching several joint initiatives in 2017 that will focus on improving the ways health IT systems share information.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently posted new resources to the Quality Payment Program website to help eligible clinicians and data submission vendors successfully prepare to participate in the program.
At HIMSS February 20 – 22, Humetrix will champion the role of patients as the first line of defense for controlling rising healthcare costs, improving clinical outcomes and directing their own care in what remains a very fragmented healthcare system.