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SMART on FHIR: Inter-app-ability
Recent research by peer60 shows that more than half of community hospitals are dissatisfied with their EHRs due to poor usability and a lack of functionality….
Part 3: Is Interoperability A Technical or Business Challenge In Healthcare?
Until we solve the first riddle of who we are to the healthcare system, true data interop will remain the chew toy of competing commercial…
The Death of Interoperability: Is it Time for One Record?
Author Leonard Kish makes his case that interoperability efforts within the current health data architectures and in the industry’s business model have been futile. What…
20 Questions for Health IT #2: The Interoperability Blame Game
EHR vendors blame healthcare providers for not wanting/pushing interoperability for competitive reasons. Providers blame vendors for not creating interoperable systems. What’s your take on why…
GAO Report on Health Information Exchange Focuses on Standards
Meaningful use criteria are indeed shaping the industry and modernizing how health data is used, but the criteria isn’t a paint-by-numbers instruction manual. IT departments…
What’s in Store for Health IT in 2014?
2013 was a good year for health IT and has laid the foundation for 2014 to be the biggest year ever for the industry. ICD-10…
Inspiration from Other Industries: More Tips for Healthcare Innovation
Angela Dunn continues her series on innovation in healthcare. The latest discusses the benefit of learning from others and introduces the “innovisit” and the “What…
5 Hot Topics in Healthcare Interoperability
In the Healthcare Interoperability Glossary, interoperability is defined as “The ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the…