Here in America, we are beginning to accept the fact that our healthcare system is not sustainable as it currently stands. With an aging population and fragmented, disparate, and oftentimes redundant care, our country is wasting over $910 billion every year (Berwick & Hackbarth, April 2012) on failed care coordination, over-treatment, administrative complexity and other factors.
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As most organizations have now adopted EHRs, getting systems to work together is the next big challenge on the horizon. Earlier this year, the Office…
As most organizations have now adopted EHRs, getting systems to work together is the next big challenge on the horizon. Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published a 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure.
In response to a statement released by the AMA leadership departures from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the ONC has clarified Dr. Karen DeSalvo will continue to work on health IT policy matters and development of the Interoperability Roadmap.
The federal government’s top health IT advisors made important recommendations on how public and private stakeholders should progress towards interoperability in healthcare. Leaders from the…
The federal government’s top health IT advisors made important recommendations on how public and private stakeholders should progress towards interoperability in healthcare. Leaders from the…
The future of interoperability was discussed and endorsed by a joint meeting of the Standards and Policy Committees. We began with a preamble clearly stating that the roadmap we’re working on is a process not a finished product.
The highly anticipated final recommendations from the JASON task force arrived on Wednesday afternoon. JASON, a group of independent scientists who advise the federal government, issued a November 2013 report to Health and Human Services, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Agency for Health Research and Quality on the matter of interoperability.
The highly anticipated final recommendations from the JASON task force arrived on last Wednesday afternoon. JASON, a group of independent scientists who advise the federal government, issued a November 2013 report to HHS and ONC on the matter of interoperability.