Interoperability

Hospira, the developer of infusion technologies, is partnering with Iatric Systems to work toward better interoperability between Hospira's smart infusion pumps and electronic medical records.

The network enables providers to access clinical records wherever they exist, and to see where patients have historically received care.

The Office of the National Coordinator for IT released its Interoperability Standards Advisory for 2017, collecting essential standards and implementation specifications for technology developers and clinicians to know.

Penn Medicine chief information officer Mike Restuccia reflects on the year that was and glances ahead to 2017.

An executive search will begin to replace Steve Lieber who led the organization through a period of significant growth. 

The roadmap is designed to improve the exchange of critical health data between healthcare entities within states.

Cerner’s CareAware Event Management software makes it possible to route alerts from Hospira medical devices to clinicians’ mobile phones.

See the new class of social media-savvy executives, innovators and healthcare professionals that will fuel the conversation leading up to, during and after this year’s conference. 

National Coordinator Vindell Washington said unlocking health data is the mission and he showed off FHIR-based technologies doing exactly that. 

The consultancy also found that understanding of the distributed database technology is uneven, though it is proving its value to healthcare organizations.