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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By Lynda Rowe – The COVID-19 pandemic forced the healthcare community to pivot quickly and deliver care remotely. It offered patients the ability to receive non-urgent care while staying safely in their homes. The rapid shift to telehealth was executed with lightning speed.
By Don Woodlock – Healthcare has always been an industry of technology and innovation. The list of significant advances which made a real difference is impressive: clean water, the introduction of anesthesia, the invention of the stethoscope, developing nursing into a skilled profession, germ theory, vaccinations, X-rays – the list goes on.
By Kathleen Aller – We are moving from a clinic and hospital-based model of health and care led by clinicians to a commercially-driven care system: a colossal experiment being conducted by consumers, and based on market forces. So how do we coevolve with the accelerated evolution of healthcare, in terms of access and management?
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
We are seeking out the latest developments around Telemedicine. How is telemedicine used to benefit patients and care givers? News from VeeMed, MDLIVE, DrFirst, Reliq Health Technologies, Pager, Spiras Health, Voyce, InterSystems, CAIRE Inc., AMA, ATA and more.
Check out these CommonWell members discussing what they love about Health IT, the advances in Health IT, and how it has positively impacted on health care. Thank you to CommonWell (@CommonWell) for sharing.
This is our ongoing reporting on how AI is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward which include Biofourmis, InterSystems, Canon Medical, GE Healthcare, Diagnoss, Optum, Google Cloud, Neuroglee Therapeutics, & AliveCor.
The eHealth Exchange, one of the oldest and largest nationwide health information networks connecting the public and private sectors, announced new additions to its technology platform to reduce information sharing expense, further expand its national reach…