Search Tag: interoperability
Impediments to EHR Interoperability
2017 20 Jun
A survey of health information exchange (HIE) professionals reveals that both EHR vendors and health systems are employing a variety of tactics – notably information blocking – that impede progress in EHR interoperability.“Half of respondents reported that EHR vendors routinely engage in information blocking, and 25 percent of respondents reported that... Read more
Price: Push for Interoperability Continues
2017 12 Mar
The Trump administration will continue to push interoperability in order to promote the growth of health information technology and electronic health records, according to HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price. An article in Modern Healthcare says Price sent a letter to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) to elaborate on policy positions he'd given during his congressional... Read more
C-suite: Key Challenges in Coming Year
2016 19 Dec
Healthcare executives say staffing shortages and rising prescription drug costs are among the leading challenges they have to contend with in 2017, according to a new survey by Premiere Inc. Another major concern is "interoperability", with nearly 60 percent of those surveyed saying their organisations are unable to access ambulatory data from their... Read more
DT Research All-in-One Medical-Cart Computers
2016 21 Nov
First to Power Continuous Data Access at Point-of-CareBreakthrough Hot-Swappable Battery Design Eliminates Delays in Patient Care and Addresses COW Challenges in HealthcareDT Research, the leading designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing solutions for vertical markets, today announced the DT590 series of All-in-One Medical-Cart Computers,... Read more
Interoperability: Slow Progress But Willingness to Improve
2016 13 Nov
A mere 6% of clinicians can effectively access information from healthcare providers using a different electronic medical record (EMR) in order to facilitate improvement to patient care, according to KLAS Research’s recent report Interoperability 2016: From a Clinician View— Frustrating Reality or Hopeful Future? While this is a low percentage, Bob... Read more
Bitcoin Technology for Healthcare?
2016 04 Oct
Technology used in connection with Bitcoin currency could be the solution for healthcare’s wide-ranging IT systems. Blockchain garnered global attention as Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer transactions system for verifying and recording transactions in a ledger. The healthcare sector innovators are starting to take notice of blockchain’s capacity for supporting enormous... Read more
HIT Interoperability Measurement Model for 2017
2016 12 Sep
A new interoperability benchmark and measurement model for assessment of performance and progress is set to launch at the start of 2017. The model was established at last month’s KLAS Cornerstone Summit in Utah and is a collaborative initiative devised by industry representatives based on the 2016 Interoperability KLAS study design. The study focuses... Read more
Rio Olympics: First Interoperable EHR Implementation
2016 23 Aug
The Rio Olympics were something of a landmark for EHR implementation with sponsor GE Healthcare providing a fully interoperable system amongst all of the participating teams. Using cloud technology, athletes and their support staff had their health records managed on a common EHR. The largest team at the games this year was the U.S. Olympic team. It... Read more
EU Telehealth Interoperability in Spotlight
2016 27 Jun
Six European Union (EU) countries have asked the eHealth Network for a road map on telemedicine interoperability across borders.In a letter to the eHealth Network, healthcare leaders from Denmark, Norway, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Catalonia have said they support the furtherment of telemedicine and in employing it on a large scale but want “cross... Read more