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Integrate or Die: Healthcare IT’s Costly Interoperability Problem

by Ali Beheshti, Founder and CEO of Zealie 10/22/2018 Leave a Comment

Integrate or Die: Healthcare’s Costly Compatibility Problem

At times, it seems that healthcare is stuck in a time warp. At many hospitals, you’ll see doctors still using faxes while administrators input data into giant, blocky computers running on Windows XP.This is puzzling. After all, technology is quite advanced: we can store documents on the cloud, link together networks of smart devices, or even use algorithms to gather and analyze massive reams of data. So why do healthcare facilities look like they’re trapped in the 1990s?The answer lies in
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InterSystems Launches Data Platform to Accelerate Development of Data-Intensive Health Apps

by Jasmine Pennic 10/02/2018 Leave a Comment

InterSystems Launches Data Platform to Accelerate Development of Data-Intensive Health Apps

With data at the heart of the digital transformation sweeping healthcare, InterSystems (a provider of IT platforms for health, business, and government applications) is releasing the world’s first and only data platform engineered specifically for healthcare data and is empowering developers to rapidly build and scale the industry’s next breakthrough applications.InterSystems IRIS for Health is built upon the company’s newest product, InterSystems IRIS Data Platform, which combines transaction
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Q-Apps Joins Epic App Orchard to Achieve Easier Data Interoperability

by Jasmine Pennic 09/19/2018 Leave a Comment

PeraHealth Joins the Epic App Orchard for Seamless Integration with Epic EHR

Q‑Centrix, a healthcare quality solutions provider, today announced it has listed its product Q-Apps on Epic App Orchard to enable data interoperability between hospital networks, quality solutions, and quality initiative reporting platforms.Joining Epic App Orchard and listing Q-Apps in the marketplace is the latest in a series of strategic moves by Q-Centrix to advance the value and efficiency of its quality data solutions. Other efforts have included utilizing natural language processing
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Healthcare Data Integration Startup Bridge Connector Raises $5.5M, Following $4.5M Seed Round

by Jasmine Pennic 08/28/2018 Leave a Comment

Bridge Connector Raises $4.5M for Healthcare Data Integration Platform

Bridge Connector, a healthcare data integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced it has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Axioma Ventures LLC, following a $4.5M seed round in May 2018. The latest round brings the company’s total investment to $10M in funding. The health IT startup plans to use the funding to help further expand Bridge Connector’s sales, marketing, and client-services efforts,
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Diameter Health, Zen Healthcare IT Partner to Simplify Clinical Data Integration

by Fred Pennic 08/20/2018 Leave a Comment

Diameter Health, Zen Healthcare IT Partner to Simplify Clinical Data Integration

Diameter Health, a leading enabler of clinical insight through the automated cleansing, de-duplication, and enrichment of clinical data across the care continuum, today announced a partnership with Zen Healthcare IT, a healthcare interoperability technology and consulting firm, to simplify clinical data integration and normalization for its customers. With technology that can automatically process any clinical data type mapped to its data model, Diameter Health was seeking a partner to
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Vocera and Qventus Partner for AI-Powered, Real-Time Operations Management

by Jasmine Pennic 08/02/2018 Leave a Comment

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 Vocera Communications, Inc. a provider of clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced it is partnering with Qventus, an AI-based software technology company that helps health systems run more efficiently. Interoperability between Vocera and Qventus technologies enables immediate action and collaboration on the frontlines of hospitals across the country. Together, the two companies empower care teams with real-time situational awareness to quickly mobilize the right people and
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Hartford HealthCare Taps Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform to Connect Over 70 Ambulatory Practice Sites

by Fred Pennic 07/26/2018 Leave a Comment

Hartford HealthCare selects Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform

Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, has partnered with the leading San Francisco-based healthcare data platform company, Innovaccer Inc., to leverage data as a source of innovation in healthcare.Due to the siloed nature of traditional clinical systems, connecting practice sites within a dispersed health system has always been incredibly challenging. As organizations strive to improve efficiency and outcomes, the inability to link systems is proving to be a
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The Short List of Remaining Health IT Interoperability Obstacles is Significant

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 07/25/2018 Leave a Comment

The Short List of Remaining Health IT Interoperability Obstacles is Significant

Earlier this year, the ONC released the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), which responds to a mandate included in 2016’s 21st Century Cures Act and lays out principles, terms and conditions on which to base an interoperability framework that healthcare organizations can embrace. “This means patients who have received care from multiple doctors and hospitals should have their medical history electronically accessible on demand by any other treating provider in a network
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University of Louisville Hospital Goes Live on Integration Engine to Support Interoperability

by Jasmine Pennic 07/19/2018 Leave a Comment

University of Louisville Hospital Goes Live on Integration Engine to Support Interoperability

Orion Health announced that the University of Louisville Hospital has selected and gone-live with its newly-launched Rhapsody as a Service (RaaS). RaaS is a cloud-based integration engine that University of Louisville Hospital uses to support critical interoperability and security initiatives, and realize major time savings. This news follows Orion Health’s recent acquisition of its Rhapsody business by Hg, a private equity technology investor. While the Hg agreement will not be fully completed
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The Existing Challenges with EHRs and Physicians’ Workflows

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer Inc. 07/17/2018 Leave a Comment

The Existing Challenges with EHRs and Physicians’ Workflows

EHRs grew out of the vast computers that looked after a hospital’s internal processes. The physician workflows, on the other hand, were an afterthought. Imagine a Wendy’s restaurant. You place an order and the guy at the counter rings up and relays your order to the kitchen. When the order comes, the fry guy drops a basket of fries in the fryer, the guy at the burger counter flips a patty, the girl over at the soda machine fills up your choice of soda, arranges your order on a tray, and rests it
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