Interoperability
Craig Richardville said the holy grail of widespread health information exchange will begin maturing quickly in a shorter period of time than many people expect.
Hospitals that plug into the Verato Universal MPI can reconcile patient records even with other providers, the vendor said.
Leaders are intrigued by the digital ledger technology's potential, but intrigue alone won’t get it past regulations.
New KLAS market share report also shows athenahealth hospital clients more than doubled in 2016.
But Intermountain CIO says the federal agency should focus on standards first.
New framework aims to track usage data on standardized data exchange progress.
Electronic Health Records
More healthcare providers are signing on to HIE initiatives, there are more EHR transactions and more states covered as connectivity expands for both.
The OCR director stressed the importance of interoperability and protecting patient data during his Thursday morning session at Health Datapalooza.
The HHS secretary said interoperability is needed, but pledged his office will take a "60,000-foot" view.
The jointly developed software will enable healthcare organizations to add clinical decision support applications into clinicians workflow, executives say.