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Human API Teams Up with CMS to Launch FHIR-based API

by Fred Pennic 03/06/2018 Leave a Comment

Human API Teams Up with CMS to Launch FHIR-based API

Human API, the largest patient-centric health data network has announced a collaboration with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make the new CMS Blue Button 2.0 API available through the Human API data network. This collaboration will enable millions of Medicare patients to connect and authorize the sharing of their longitudinal claims information with new providers, clinical researchers, and digital health services.With the CMS Blue Button 2.0 API available through Human
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SSI Group Acquires Health Data Aggregation Company ICA CareAlign

by Fred Pennic 03/04/2018 Leave a Comment

Super Size Me Hospital Mergers Raise Health IT Considerations

The SSI Group, an industry leader in revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions, has announced the acquisition of Nashville, TN-based Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), a provider of aggregation and exchange of patient clinical data under the brand name of CareAlign.The combined expertise and information services will help a diverse set of healthcare organizations improve their ability to address the growing need to combine administrative, financial, and clinical data driven by changes in
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Medsphere CEO Talks Affordable Healthcare IT and Future of EHRs

by Fred Pennic 03/01/2018 Leave a Comment

Medsphere CEO Talks Affordable Healthcare IT and Future of EHRs

Medsphere’s Irv Lichtenwald explains why the health IT industry needs to push for interoperable EHR solutions to curb healthcare costs. Health systems are spending obscene amounts of money on EHR implementations. In 2017 alone, Mayo Clinic began implementing a $1.5 billion integrated Epic EHR system. Temple Health reported a $5.7 million operating loss largely due to higher than expected staffing costs associated with their recent Epic EHR implementation. The provider set aside $15.1 million in
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Sequoia Project eHealth Exchange, DSS Launch Health Data Sharing Pilot

by HITC Staff 02/26/2018 Leave a Comment

Sequoia Project eHealth Exchange, DSS Launch Health Data Sharing Pilot

 DSS, Inc., today announced a DSS Direct Messaging pilot program on the nationwide eHealth Exchange health data sharing network. The pilot program is designed to bridge a gap for secure relevant data sharing with federal agencies using Direct Messaging. The pilot will increase the ability to coordinate care with community health facilities by reaching more rural community care / critical access hospitals and community health providers.When government entities choose to participate in this Pilot,
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Orion Health Launches Rhapsody Integration Engine on Amazon Cloud

by HITC Staff 02/14/2018 Leave a Comment

Orion Health Launches Rhapsody Integration Engine on Amazon Cloud

Orion Health, a provider of interoperability, population health management, and precision medicine solutions, today announced the global launch of Rhapsody as a Service (RaaS), a cloud-based integration solution, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).Offering a full-service model to healthcare organizations, Orion Health also announces RaaS’s global Integration as a Service (IaaS) capability to manage and maintain the entire integration engine for customers.Orion Health’s Rhapsody Integration
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5 Benefits Of Using Blockchain Technology in Healthcare

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer Inc. 01/29/2018 Leave a Comment

FDA Approves Blockchain/IoT Pilot to Track Specialty Prescription Drugs Across 3 States Blockchain in Healthcare_Next Stop for Data-driven Healthcare: Blockchain

Blockchain- the technology that took the world by storm by its revolutionary work in data management and exchange, especially in the financial sector. Its immense success across different industries has left the healthcare world rattling with questions too. People are calling it the ‘answer to interoperability,’ and the ‘technology that can solve healthcare’s looming problems,’- but if the confusion looms, blockchain will take double the time to make a difference in healthcare.Let’s try to
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4 Leading Health IT Trends That Will Continue in 2018

by Gus Malezis, President & CEO of Imprivata 12/22/2017 Leave a Comment

Several notable trends from 2017 will continue to impact the health information technology (HIT) industry in the new year. Ransomware tops the list, particularly after this May’s WannaCry worldwide cyberattack, followed closely by increased awareness of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) as an “upstream solution” to battling the nation’s mounting opioid abuse crisis. Beyond the ongoing development of these two leading trends, HIT experts are also asking two key questions as
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Zansors Develops Cloud System to Allow Sensors & Apps to Send Patient-Generated Data

by Jasmine Pennic 12/19/2017 Leave a Comment

Zansors Develops Cloud System to Allow Sensors & Apps to Send Patient-Generated Data

Zansors labs has built the cloud components to allow sensors and apps to send data to medical institutions using the Direct standard, in compliance with Meaningful Use requirements. This ensures that patients using Zansors tools have a secure way to send their personal health data to their healthcare team.Zansors’ infrastructure will help patients send data from evidence based apps, through a secure cloud-based channel, to clinicians via a health system’s Electronic Health Record (EHR). This
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Allscripts Reaches 1 Billion API Health Data Exchanges in 2017

by Fred Pennic 12/08/2017 Leave a Comment

Allscripts Reaches 1 Billion API Health Data Exchanges in 2017

Health IT solutions provider Allscripts, today announced it has reached a milestone of one billion application Programming Interfaces (APIs) health data exchange transactions within 2017. The milestone marks the most ever in a single year through its open platform, and its relationships with innovative entrepreneurs and with healthcare providers.To date, the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP) has certified nearly 200 distinct apps and devices for its users, all currently available through the
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3 Roadblocks to Achieving Interoperability In A Value-based Care System

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer Inc. 12/05/2017 Leave a Comment

The secret to an interoperable, value-based system

I am sure I am not the only one who has lost count of the times I’ve been asked “Why can’t the systems talk to each other?” or, in more technical terms, “Why don’t we have interoperability?”The numerous health IT solutions that we have around us today were meant to improve not just the delivery of care, but also enhance patient outcomes as the care continues across multiple practices. At the most basic level, I suppose we can define interoperability as two or more systems communicating with each
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