Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

At the HL7 booth, interoperability guru Micky Tripathi touts progress made on public APIs.

The new versions will provide pathways for providers who don’t need the full version of Epic.

"Healthcare is late to the game in terms of user experience," said Lorraine Chapman, senior director of healthcare at Macadamian, a UX design and development firm, at HIMSS17 on Monday.

InterQual Auto Review promises to streamline medical reviews and prior authorizations.

As medical identity theft continues to rise, so does its impact on the healthcare industry and patients. Prevention is possible with the right health IT solutions.

The vendor partnered with the National Decision Support Company to create what it claims is the first software that extracts clinical data from EHRs to streamline medical reviews and prior authorizations. 

By leveraging the scale of its network, athenahealth said it is able to identify and activate providers treating patients who may have a high likelihood of being impacted by recent clinical guidance.

On the other hand, EHR companies are losing out to digital health firms.

A new HIMSS initiative is working to showcase interoperability at the 2020 games.

Health IT solutions must address patient ID challenges along the care continuum. As virtual care grows to engage a wider breadth of patients, the industry needs to look at innovative ways to ensure ID security.