ONC Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG)
The IPG is an open, community platform where you can share, learn, and be inspired by interoperability projects occurring in the United States (and around the world). Check it out!
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Common Pitfalls To Avoid When Scoping Out EHR Projects
By David Kushan – It’s very difficult to hit a moving target; even more so if that target isn’t easy to spot. If you dive into an EHR project without a clear sense of where you want to go and what it’s going to take to get there, you’re flying blind.
What’s Going On with Blockchain in Healthcare?
Keeping up with technologies changing how healthcare is delivered. Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare? Here is some news.
Should you Integrate your GRC Platform with your Back-End Systems?
By Grant Elliott – One of the key objectives when developing an effective security and compliance management program is to remain interdependent of core systems.
ANA Quality and Innovation Conference Recap
The American Nurses Association recently held their 2018 Quality and Innovation Conference in Orlando, Florida that hosted nearly 1,000 nurses and other healthcare professionals. Check out…
Lessons from HIMSS18: The Need for Cloud, “Killer Apps’ and Connectivity
By Donald Voltz, MD – But Are They Already Here? In his HIMSS keynote address, Alphabet’s former executive chairman and now current technical advisor Eric Schmidt warned attendees that the “future of healthcare lies in the need for killer apps.”
ONC Report on Population Level Data Export Meeting
The meeting focused on emerging standards for population level data export from health information systems using HL7 FHIR. The report includes takeaways, overviews and insights.
Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare
By David Harlow – I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force, which issued a report last year.
CMS Extends the MIPS 2017 Data Submission Deadline to April 3 at 8 PM EDT
If you’re an eligible clinician participating in the Quality Payment Program, you now have until Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 8 PM EDT to submit your 2017 MIPS performance data.