Interoperability
PointClickCare adds 40 Texas hospitals with a new partnership. A Connecticut state audit discovers undisclosed health information exchange data breaches. Oklahoma backpedals on its data exchange mandate.
DirectTrust works to improve interoperability between direct secure messaging platforms and get information service providers to help with secure information exchange, Scott Stuewe, president and CEO, discusses.
It will be patterned after the US Core Data for Interoperability standards.
Integration with the Clear identity platform in electronic health records enables the Georgia health system to roll out streamlined patient registration and on-site check-ins via selfies at kiosks.
As cyberattacks increase in scope and intensity, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies to do more to help health systems maintain operational continuity.
How will qualified health information networks eventually connect directly to each other to give clinicians and first responders access to complete medical records? Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, explains.
Transitioning to value-based care models can pose a challenge for integrated delivery networks (IDNs) that work with providers across a wide spectrum of services. The need to align multiple clinical practices’ disparate IT systems makes communication and collaboration difficult.
Reflecting on pioneering roles, Christopher Falkner, 2024 HIMSS Changemaker and Sodexo senior director of digital strategy and cybersecurity, talks about his journey from engineer connecting medical devices with EHRs to protecting them.
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Gustavo Adolfo Torres Becerra, healthcare manager at Minsait, an Indra company, talks about how interoperability enables citizens’ clinical data to be recorded to help them receive more personalized care and become involved in their own health.