By Drew Ivan – Over the last decade, achieving true interoperability has been an ongoing pain point across the healthcare ecosystem. Provider organizations and payers alike have been slow to implement this technology under the guise that interoperability is complicated and potentially, not fully attainable.
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By Edward Yang – As the new year ushers in, many health IT leaders are finding themselves at a critical juncture to make 2019 a transformative time for their organizations. In response to massive consolidation, healthcare reform and competitive pressures, hospitals and health systems are undergoing dramatic change.
By William Hyman – On December 18th CMS presented a webinar on the Promoting Interoperability Program as applied to Inpatient Prospective Payments. Among the other content the webinar included changes from 2018 to 2019, and from 2019 to 2020.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC.
By Steven Posnack, MS, MHS, Chris Muir & Brett Andriesen – Get your 2019 off to a start with new and updated standards! Since the 2018 comment period on the Interoperability Standards Advisory closed on October 1, we combed through all your comments and made improvements based on your suggestions.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC. News includes ONC Now Hiring, 2018 Annual Meeting, and Playing with FHIR® – An ONC Developer Workshop.
Interoperability is taking a step in the right direction, but providers may find themselves challenged in coming years, according to an analysis of data collected in the 2018 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey.
By Don Rucker MD & Talisha Searcy – Today, nearly all non-federal acute care hospitals have adopted certified health IT. New data show that this momentum continues with the introduction of the 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria…