Surescripts Accelerates Interoperability to Enable More Valuable Data Sharing
Nationwide Network to Provide All EHR Customers Free Access to National Record Locator Service; New Clinical Information Exchange Services Coming in 2017.
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WEDI Releases Updated Agenda for Annual Fall Conference: WEDI-Con 2016
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the final agenda for its annual fall conference, WEDI-Con 2016.
AMA Introduces New Tools to Help Physicians Prepare for 2017 MACRA
With physicians facing the most notable changes in Medicare in a generation, the American Medical Association unveiled several online tools to help physicians through pending Medicare payment and delivery changes.
Population Health Initiatives Evolving in Healthcare Heading into 2017
HIMSS Analytics 2016 Essentials Brief: Population Health Study provides a high level view of how healthcare organizations, in moving from a volume to value-based care, are incorporating population health initiatives and leveraging their IT infrastructure to improve outcomes.
New 2017 Accreditation Criteria Versions for Public Review through Nov. 30
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, announced that it has posted new versions of program criteria for public review.
AMA Survey Finds Physicians Enthusiastic About Digital Health Innovation
Physicians are optimistic about digital health innovation and its game-changing potential to benefit medicine, according to a new survey released by the AMA. Physicians say there are “must-haves” that digital health tools need to turn their enthusiasm into adoption.
Successful SHIEC Conference Shows Growth in Value and Influence of National Group
The national trade association that today represents health information exchanges serving more than half of the U.S. patient population met at the second annual SHIEC Conference held recently in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Study Shows 1 in 4 Americans Has Emailed or Texted a Photo of a Medical Issue to Their Doctor
Ketchum, a leading communications firm, has released the Ketchum mHealth Monitor, mapping U.S. consumers’ adoption of wearable technology, apps and artificial intelligence (A.I.) for personal health and wellness.
Report Finds Health Care System Not Meeting Their Needs
Twelve million people living at home in the US have three or more chronic illnesses in addition to a functional limitation that makes it hard for them to perform basic daily tasks such as getting around the house or talking on the phone, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.