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In combination with the Epic MyChart app, patients can now access lab results, meds, vitals and more.

Here are the features and functionality clinical communication tool vendors think will emerge next.

The retail giant is looking to protect a method for obtaining EHR data via the distributed ledger technology.

Boston University researchers also demonstrated an avatar-based coaching app at the Patient Experience Summit.

The event, on Aug. 13, will host app developers to build and innovate software that can help patients access and understand their health data, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said.

Veterans Health Affairs’ director of standards and interoperability warns that FHIR is not a cure all, just one valuable asset in a tech toolbox.

The apps will be evaluated in 10 different primary and specialty care settings.

At Radiology Imaging Solutions, the cost per study has been cut by more than 70 percent, productivity has increased by 400 percent, and report turnaround time has decreased by more than 50 percent thanks to health IT.

The center, called Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation, will convene experts across the healthcare and wellness industries to incubate new ideas, officials say.

The patent description is a tweak on the standard-of-care inflatable blood pressure cuff, built into a wearable that might be smaller, connected and sport a touchscreen.