Interoperability

Indian Health Service moves forward on interoperability by selecting the health information network as its designated QHIN under the national agreement.

As RSNA kicks off in Chicago, here's a roundup of some recent radiology and imaging IT announcements.

Paul Wilder of CommonWell Health Alliance considers how government buy-in will help the healthcare industry propel dynamic registration of FHIR Endpoints in 2025 and explains why the directory needs to be pulled into a trust framework like TEFCA.

Paul Wilder of CommonWell Health Alliance explains why providers are still stuck in document exchange and says he is hopeful that the ability to ensure B2B data security at scale is about two years away.

Patients from five of the health system's hospitals will now have access to University of Utah Health providers and resources through the new community-based partnership.

When healthcare organizations require multiple public cloud providers, leveraging them in a strategic fashion improves overall efficiency, performance and security.

What's more, the 2024 Compass Survey from symplr finds that 85% of clinicians say they lose more than an hour each day to administrative tasks – time that could be used for patient care if the right technology was in place.

As healthcare organizations grapple with rising costs and evolving payment models, achieving positive margins is more critical than ever.

New data elements related to social drivers of health, such as referrals to social services, improve standards-based information exchange with electronic health records, it says. 

EHR customers could take part in the direct sharing of health information – including X-rays and MRIs – between providers, payers, government agencies and others under the TEFCA nationwide interoperability framework.