Interoperability

New technologies can be used to proactively detect malfunctioning equipment and enable faster repair.

Tech initiative enables hospitals across the Carolinas to build apps that merge patient records.

Healthcare providers are investing more in cybersecurity, but an increase in threat sophistication and new bad actors mean the industry is still not ready for the next big global cyberattack.

While Intel, Beth Israel Deaconess and others threw their support behind the CMS proposed plan to make interoperability mandatory for Medicaid and Medicare billing, AHA and other stakeholders slammed the proposal as “premature” and “duplicative.”

Tests have shown that distance between the cloud provider and the enterprise can have a significant impact on latency with delays when the cloud is far away.

It is important that provider organizations develop a clear picture of their EHR migration objectives before choosing a CSP.

Healthcare has struggled with data sharing for a long time but, even still, experts said the future will be robust as emerging technologies and standards become more common.

The CHIO will support health IT management and technology innovation policy within the agency, while coordinating those efforts among staff.

In a letter to CMS, Pew says patient matching unlocks critical information, but identification is often elusive and better standards are needed.

SAN DIEGO - Atul Gawande, MD, addressed a range of topics concerning the direction healthcare needs to move at America's Health Insurance Plans Institute & Expo Thursday.