Interoperability

A look inside some of the most ambitious initiatives happening at Healthcare IT News' 2016 Best Hospital IT Departments, which are cultivating a bold new era of care delivery by homing in on the patient experience.

Everything you need to know about population health happenings, including an all-day symposium, the new knowledge center, expert speakers and education sessions at this year’s conference.

Launching a patient portal is only step one, says HIMSS17 expert Jan Oldenburg. Empowering patients with the skills and technology to become partners in their own health takes much more than that. 

The pre-conference daylong event also includes sessions on the science of behavior change and preparing for the next horizon of technology, policy, and care delivery. 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs signs five-year deal with San Francisco-based Flow Health to apply AI in making care plans personalized.

Agfa Healthcare, AMBRA Health, GE Healthcare, Lexmark Healthcare, LifeImage, Mach7 Technologies and Novarad get validation for imaging interoperability.

Instead of envisioning AI outpacing humanity as we know it, researchers spot prime opportunities for clinical decision support, patient monitoring, surgery and more. 

The platform, featuring 10 new templates, reduces the barrier to conducting scientifically valid studies on digital health tool, fitness regimens, dietary programs, wellness efforts and others, the company said. 

People, products and pictures of last year’s event, from Sylvia Burwell’s opening keynote to the post-Super Bowl Peyton Manning shutting things down. And a whole lot of innovation on the show floor. 

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