Integration & Interoperability News

Infusion Org Taps CommonWell for Interoperability, Care Coordination

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Home infusion therapy provider Option Care Health has partnered with health IT vendor WellSky to launch CommonWell Health Alliance services in an effort to boost care coordination through greater...

EHNAC Updates Interoperability Criteria, Health IT Standards

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The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit health IT data standards development organization, has announced the release of new criteria versions for its 20...

UT Pilots Health IT for Social Services, Healthcare Interoperability

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Dell Medical School at the University of Texas (UT) is piloting health IT that aims to enhance social services referral interoperability between clinics and service providers according to reporting...

ONC Information Blocking Rule Compliance Relies on HIPAA-Defined Terms

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Understanding ONC information blocking rule compliance depends upon a clear understanding of HIPAA-defined terms related to patient health information, according to a HealthITBuzz blog post written by...

Health IT Vendor Supports Interoperability Rule Compliance, Data Analytics

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Health IT vendor Greenway Health has announced new capabilities set to come out later next year that aim to help clients comply with 21st Century Cures Act interoperability requirements and advance...

HL7 Announces New Positions Set to Further Interoperability Work

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Health Level Seven International (HL7) has created three new executive positions that are set to support the organization’s interoperability and data standards goals. HL7 went through an 18...

HL7 EHR Integration for Organ Donation Eases Clinician Burden

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An EHR integration that automates organ donor referral calls through HL7 data exchange has helped streamline the time-sensitive organ donation process and alleviate clinician burden, according to an...

EHR Vendor Epic Tops Market for Revenue Cycle Management Health IT

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Epic is the EHR vendor market leader for revenue cycle management health IT due to its strong integration capabilities, according to a recent KLAS report. Revenue cycle management is complex, so...

HL7 Celebrates 10 Years of FHIR Health IT Data Standard

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Health Level Seven (HL7) International celebrates 10 years of international development and implementation of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) health IT data standard. The...

MI HIE Appoints Officials to Help Guide Interoperability Efforts

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Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) has announced three new board of director members to help steer the state’s health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability...

Colorado Health IT Roadmap Outlines HIE, Interoperability Goals

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Colorado’s Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI) has released an updated health IT roadmap which outlines the state’s data sharing approach that aims to enhance interoperability and improve...

Surescripts Takes Aim at Interoperability in Specialty Prescribing

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Surescripts has announced a partnership with Diameter Health that aims to enhance interoperability for streamlined specialty prescribing and decreased clinician burden. The partnership is expected to...

Zoom Announces Cerner EHR Integration for Telehealth Services

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Zoom has announced that it is now accepting beta customers for a Cerner EHR integration to support telehealth services. Healthcare organizations that use Cerner EHR systems will be able to launch...

MiHIN Health IT Partnership Tackles SDOH Referral Interoperability

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Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) has announced a health IT collaboration that aims to enhance interoperability for social determinants of health (SDOH) referrals. MiHIN will...

PA Health Information Exchange Expands Patient Data Sharing Network

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HealthShare Exchange (HSX), a non-profit health information exchange (HIE) for the Greater Philadelphia area, has expanded its data sharing network with the addition of healthcare organization...

How an API Coordinated Data Sharing for Clinical Research

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The implementation of a research concierge application programming interface (API) has helped improve data sharing for clinical research across Virginia, according to a study published in JAMIA. The...

Identity Infrastructure Key for Interoperability, Health IT Security

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Healthcare organizations should take an identity-centric interoperability approach to minimize health IT security risks involved in compliance with patient data sharing provisions of the 21st Century...

Indiana HIE Announces Data Sharing Network Nearly Covers State

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Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) has announced that its data sharing network is close to covering the entire state of Indiana, according to reporting from The Hamilton County Reporter. Large...

2030 Interoperability Projections Emphasize Clinical Decision Support

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By 2030, healthcare stakeholders expect interoperability to support a healthcare system where providers use best-in-class health IT applications in combination with EHRs for enhanced clinical decision...

Data Standards Key for EHR Documentation of Gender Minority Patients

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As healthcare organizations look to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) EHR documentation to improve health equity for gender-minority patients, a lack of national data standards limits data...