Interoperability

Some comments made by Epic's head of interoperability in a Senate HELP Committee Tuesday have triggered members of the CommonWell Health Alliance to fire back at the Verona, Wisconsin-based EHR giant.

The healthcare industry is becoming more enlightened about the benefits of the Blue Button Initiative, and adoption of personal health records continues to grow, according to a new report from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.

It's been almost six years since the Senate HELP Committee has revisited EHRs and interoperability, and at a hearing Tuesday there was one overarching theme among industry stakeholders: That talk is long past due.

(SPONSORED) President of Cerner HS, Dick Flanigan talks about the status of the Siemens Health Services acquisition, how interoperability is key to the deal and what Cerner clients are saying about it.

(SPONSORED) David McCallie, MD, senior vice president for Medical Informatics at Cerner, discusses the company's interoperability philosophy.

(SPONSORED) Achieving the best health outcomes for patients and keeping costs down is the goal of all healthcare providers. A technology platform that helps clinicians and patients manage care together is what will help providers reach their goal.

(SPONSORED) Rich Berner, president, International and Sunrise Business Unit, at Allscripts, discusses the challenges to care improvement and how interoperability can help to manage healthcare across patient populations.

"These events will provide practical advice to investors, providers and entrepreneurs in the health tech space, including how-to guidance on establishing collaborations, structuring deals and identifying market opportunities."

(SPONSORED) Dean Mericka of the Allscripts Federal Sector talks interoperability and the role of the EHR in coordinated care and clinical decision support.

Faced with the imperative of sharing patient information when patients moved from the hospital to a nursing home, the technology leaders at Hackensack University Medical Center had to find a way to get it done.