Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
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The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide health IT interoperability, in collaboration with AHIMA, unveiled a data usability validator tool for health information exchanged in the United States.
By Jeff Strada – Two new data tools which are part of MedStar’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Factories: An Evolving Digital Architecture to Scale Health Research. Developed with HealthLab and Georgetown University Medical Center.
By Jim Tate – “Interoperability.” The word rolls off the tongue as if a wedding vow. It is the Promised Land on the other side of the river. It is the field of milk and honey where we long to be. It is where the lion and the lamb live together in perfect peace. Too bad we will never get there.
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
By John Ellis – One of the key players in the healthcare insights arena is FHIR. Let’s break down what FHIR is and why it’s so crucial in achieving true healthcare interoperability. What does FHIR stand for? FHIR, pronounced, as you might have guessed, “fire,” stands for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources.
By Emily Newton – Health care is seeing a period of rapid digitization and hospitals are rushing to embrace EHR and IofT. Some have achieved new efficiency and security standards. At the same time, this movement has made interoperability in health care a larger issue.
By Buff Colchagoff – Much like the memorable journey of John Candy and Steve Martin in the beloved film “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” the path of Health IT’s national networks has been a tale of unexpected twists, turns, and surprising camaraderie.