The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt, Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health
The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing…
Requests for medical records have grown enormously in recent years—and that’s as it should be. Because data allows for better decision-making, patient records are being requested by payers, communities of care, and patients themselves….
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By Hannah Nelson
July 05, 2023 – Standards-development organization Health Level Seven International (HL7) and The World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a Project Collaboration Agreement to support the global adoption of open interoperability standards.
Adopting interoperability…
By Hannah Nelson
June 29, 2023 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has published a Health Level Seven International (HL7) Fast…
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The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs
Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to…
In Part 1, Dr. Don Rucker, the former National Coordinator for Health IT from 2017-2021, framed the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement’s reliance on brokered protocols and page view document architecture as a costly…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
June 20, 2023 – Only about 46 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States participate in clinical data registries due to the daunting task of data collection. However, a solution may…
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Dr. Don Rucker, the former National Coordinator for Health IT from 2017-2021, said he sees the current proposed structure of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and its reliance on brokered protocols and…
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The following is a guest article by Don Rucker, MD, Chief Strategy Officer at 1upHealth
Patients want the same modern computing experience in healthcare that they enjoy the rest of their lives to extend to…
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June 14, 2023 – Despite high rates of EHR adoption, challenges remain in the way of achieving meaningful and effective healthcare interoperability. While federal agencies continue to work on developing standards…
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