Interoperability

ChristianaCare and UAB Health are set to make the move to Epic, while Oracle has a new pair of critical access hospitals to its CommunityWorks suite and is looking "beyond the EHR."

It wants the information released so patients, health systems, interoperability advocates and others "can evaluate the facts for themselves."

One CTO’s biggest takeaways from HIMSS’ AI in Healthcare Forum.

The aim is to bolster more consistent use of the HL7 interoperability standard across HHS, says the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, and help "break down the silos separating patients, providers, payers, public health and research."

This comes as the government outlined a four-year national medical AI research and development roadmap.

Alexander Berler of IHE Catalyst discusses how digital health companies will need to collaborate with each other and meet four different levels of interoperability to satisfy the new European Health Data Space regulations.

A national interoperability leader advocates for simpler and more secure data exchange use cases, and says making patient access a routine part of healthcare information exchange will lead to positive health impacts.

The high-stakes lawsuit alleges that the EHR giant violated federal law prohibiting unfair business practices. Epic, meanwhile, says that Particle has violated HIPAA.

AI tools can boost human efficiency to provide better patient care.

Confusion around CMS' final rules has been a challenge, yet the industry continues to advance seamless data exchange.