Epic Achieves Historic Interoperability Breakthrough
Epic Systems reached a groundbreaking interoperability milestone this Monday, announcing that over 1,000 hospitals and thousands of clinics are now actively exchanging health data through its TEFCA Qualified Health Information…
HHS Launches Groundbreaking Data Sharing Initiatives
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched groundbreaking initiatives to transform healthcare data sharing. These efforts focus on reducing administrative burdens while empowering Medicare enrollees to…
Seoul Connects Health Startups with Hospital Data
South Korea’s Seoul city government has launched a groundbreaking partnership with the Ministry of Health and Welfare to empower digital health startups. This collaboration will provide selected startups…
Essential TEFCA Healthcare Data Exchange Rules Released
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has unveiled its final rule focusing on healthcare data interoperability, marking a significant milestone in standardizing health information exchange. This…
Michael Dersham Founder & CEO, Apierion
The inability to access appropriate care close to home has been a long-standing cause of health inequity in the United States and around the world, and the COVID-19 pandemic…
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The Ministry of Health Singapore has announced that all nine private hospitals in the country have committed to sharing patient health information with the National Electronic Health Record system. They will be working with Synapxe, which…
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What You Should Know:
–Oracle Health today announced that it intends to begin the process to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) as a part of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
– Becoming…
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Meet Sarah, a traveler visiting her daughter in Texas, far from her primary doctor in Connecticut. In need of medical care, Sarah worries about how her health records can be accessed from miles away….
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The previous article in this series explained how Real Time Medical Systems, Inc. raised the ire of PointClickCare Technologies, Inc. and was prevented from using bots and screen scraping to get access to patient…
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An ongoing lawsuit between two health IT companies raises questions that call for more discussion. Already, the judge’s preliminary injunction in the case (Real Time Medical Systems, Inc. v. PointClickCare Technologies, Inc.) has led…
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