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Development has been "fairly stagnant," from some vendors, causing providers to fill the gap with population health management platforms, EHRs and business intelligence tools.
Medical errors caused by mishandled diagnostic tools within the electronic health record join EHR-exacerbated physician burnout on the group's annual list of Top 10 concerns.
The addition of the medication management technology will give senior living providers and pharmacies more choice and flexibility through a single vendor, the company said.
The group, called Interoperability Matters, will focus on addressing the remaining challenges obstructing data exchange and is open to "broad private and public sector participation," officials said.
The new integration will feature a medication decision support platform, RxBenefit Clarity, that can provide prescription price information at the point of care.
seeCOLe integrates with FHIR and APIs to work with a variety of EHRs.
EHR vendor says it will combine Wellsoft’s EDIS with its EHR and revenue cycle software.
Research firm says vendors and HIEs are making headway with information sharing but providers face a learning curve in using outside data.
The report from the agency's Health Information Technology Advisory Committee shows that patient engagement and cybersecurity will also be big parts of its agenda going forward.
They'll focus on info blocking, certification requirements, standards for voluntary pediatric health IT certification and the new U.S. Core Data for Interoperability proposal.