For decades, one of the most daunting tasks in healthcare has been managing and making sense of the vast amounts of data generated annually. From patient and outcomes data to billing and scheduling data, the list goes on and on.
The predominant challenge lies not just in quantity but like this data: much if not most of it is unstructured, i.e., data that isn’t predefined and searchable on a table, such as text messages, images, videos, audio files, and emails.
Historically, healthcare
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Why a FHIR-Only Approach to Advance Interoperability Won’t Work Today
There’s been a strong push for a FHIR standard for information sharing in healthcare. Although a standard built on application programming interfaces (APIs) using data standards like FHIR is a step in the right direction, in today’s healthcare ecosystem, there’s a broader impact to consider.
The industry avoided a major health equity setback when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of National Coordinator (ONC) nixed prescriptive language in the HTI-1 rule,
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ONC Releases Common Agreement V2.0, Paving the Way for TEFCA Exchange via FHIR
What You Should Know:
- The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), along with The Sequoia Project, Inc., a Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), has released Common Agreement Version 2.0 (CA v2.0).
What is the Common Agreement?
The Common Agreement establishes a set of common rules and technical standards for secure health information exchange across different health information networks (HINs) and their users. This essentially creates a common
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b.well Connected Health Secures $40M to Revolutionize Fragmented Healthcare Landscape
What You Should Know:
- b.well Connected Health, a leading platform provider for connected healthcare ecosystems raises $40M in Series C funding led by Leavitt Equity Partners.
- b.well’s FHIR-based platform empowers healthcare organizations to create a unified experience for consumers, allowing them to manage their health information, receive valuable insights, and access care services conveniently.
Expansion Plans
This Series C funding round further fuels b.well's mission to
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FHIR Adoption on the Rise: ONC Survey Shows Digital Health Companies Embrace Standards-Based APIs
What You Should Know:
- A new survey reveals that the healthcare industry is making significant strides towards interoperability, thanks to the adoption of standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs).
- The research, conducted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), reveals that a majority of digital health companies are using the FHIR standard to integrate with electronic health records (EHRs).
The Rise of FHIR
The Cures Act
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1upHealth Appoints Andrea Kowalski as Chief Product Officer
What You Should Know:
- Andrea Kowalski has been appointed as the Chief Product Officer at 1upHealth, the leading FHIR® platform provider for claims and clinical data.
- In her role, Kowalski will lead the company's product strategy, focusing on enhancing 1upHealth's offerings and strengthening its position as a leader in interoperability.
Kowalski Bio/Background
With over 15 years of experience in healthcare technology, Kowalski's background includes serving as SVP of Products for
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Healthcare’s Guiding Light: How FHIR Is Ushering In A New Era
Data is a crucial pillar of healthcare. But more than just the data itself, the flow of data between all stakeholders is what enables everything from care coordination to quality measurement, payment efficiencies, risk management, and other key goals. Yet, the healthcare industry has historically struggled with data exchange due to the lack of aligned interests caused by a third-party payer system and the predominance of proprietary technology. Additionally, data privacy, which all would
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eHealth Exchange Accelerates HL7 FHIR Adoption with New Incentive Program
What You Should Know:
- eHealth Exchange, a health information network (HIE), has announced a new incentive program aimed at encouraging healthcare providers and payers to adopt Networked FHIR.
- This program will waive annual fees for the first 15 non-federal healthcare providers or health information exchanges (HIEs) and the first three healthcare payers who successfully exchange patient data using Da Vinci specifications.
Incentive Program for Networked FHIR
Networked FHIR is a
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Providence Pioneers Data Sharing for Value-Based Care with HL7® Da Vinci Clinical Data Exchange
What You Should Know:
- Providence has become the first health system in the United States to develop a data-as-a-service (DaaS) product driven by HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
- This product facilitates the exchange of clinical data between providers and payers, aiming to standardize clinical data across the system.
Barriers to Data Exchange
Traditionally, one of the most significant barriers to seamless clinical data exchange has been the lack of
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Amazon HealthLake Adds 3 New FHIR API Capabilities to Offerings
What You Should Know:
AWS announced the addition of three new capabilities to Amazon HealthLake’s managed FHIR API offerings. The launch of these three new capabilities benefits EHR system providers, ISVs, SIs, and IT teams working with healthcare organizations, by allowing them to simply leverage managed FHIR APIs to build interoperability applications or systems that conform to ONC and CMS patient access rules, reducing the burden of building and managing the underlying FHIR APIs
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