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Enabling a Better Future for All by Embracing Healthcare Interoperability

by Rajesh Sharma, Vice President and General Manager of Systems Integration, Data Analytics and Interoperability Product Offerings, Gainwell Technologies 03/10/2023 Leave a Comment

Enabling a Better Future for All by Embracing Healthcare Interoperability

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has laid the critical groundwork to create a connected healthcare system in which patients, providers, and payers can easily exchange information. This is thanks in part to the release of the Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule. With new policies now in place, CMS aims to generate better health outcomes through improved interoperability and better access to health information for all stakeholders. CMS has also identified a new
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Targeted IT Solutions Ease Navigation and Shift to Value-Based Care

by Ashish Kachru, CEO, DataLink 02/21/2023 Leave a Comment

How Actionable Data and Expert Analysis Supports Service Providers, Fosters Better Care and Ensures Financial Benefits

The new healthcare realm of value-based care (VBC), designed to reward healthcare providers with incentive payments for the quality of care and patient outcomes not simply the volume of services provided, presents both opportunities and challenges for all stakeholders. This fundamental shift in reimbursement is intended to become part of the larger quality strategy in reforming how healthcare is delivered and compensated: better care for individuals, better health for populations
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FHIR Adoption and Implementation Challenges

by Kishore Pendyala, CEO of KPi-Tech Services 02/09/2023 Leave a Comment

FHIR Adoption and Implementation Challenges

The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard was introduced by HL7 in 2014 as a significant replacement for the HL7 V2 and V3 standards. An open standard called FHIR, which was initially drafted in 2011 makes it easier than ever for legacy systems and new apps to exchange data. FHIR was created to not only increase communication efficiency and interoperability compared to earlier standards but also to facilitate implementation by giving clear specifications and allowing
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Simple HealthKit Raises $8M to Transform Health Diagnostics and Follow-Up Care

by Fred Pennic 02/06/2023 Leave a Comment

Simple HealthKit Raises $8M to Transform Health Diagnostics and Follow-Up Care

What You Should Know: - Simple HealthKit raises $8M in Series A funding led by Initialized Capital to address health inequity with the first human-centric, end-to-end healthcare platform that builds and delivers diagnostics, treatment and follow-up care for all - The Series A round also included participation from seed investors Kleiner Perkins, Kapor Capital and Quest Venture Partners, bringing Simple HealthKit’s total funding to date to $12M. End-to-End Diagnostics and Digital Health
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Study Reveals Current Landscape of FHIR Apps

by Syed Hamza Sohail 01/16/2023 Leave a Comment

Study Reveals Current Landscape of FHIR Apps

What You Should Know: - A study led by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Titus K. Schleyer, DMD, PhD, is among the first to survey the current landscape of FHIR® apps, providing a snapshot of how the innovative standard is used to enable the flow of health information - FHIR apps can pull in data from most electronic health record systems, facilitating secure movement of information when and where needed. Expanding the Horizon of Patient Data Security Via FHIR Apps FHIR,
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ONC and HRSA Launches USCDI+ Initiative to Support UDS Modernization

by Fred Pennic 08/29/2022 Leave a Comment

ONC and HRSA Launches USCDI+ Initiative to Support UDS Modernization

What You Should Know: - ONC and HRSA launches a new USCDI+ collaboration to support HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting through the UDS Modernization Initiative. - Last October ONC announced USCDI+, an initiative to support the identification and establishment of domain or program-specific datasets that will operate as extensions to the existing USCDI. In particular, ONC envisioned USCDI+ as a service that ONC would provide to federal partners who have a
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How Medical Researchers Can Leverage Tech to Help Streamline Biospecimen Matchmaking and Procurement

by Christopher Ianelli, MD, Ph.D., Founder & CEO of iSpecimen 08/02/2022 Leave a Comment

How Medical Researchers Can Leverage Tech to Help Streamline Biospecimen Matchmaking and Procurement

Many medical advancements – from life-saving vaccines and treatments to new diagnostic tests like liquid biopsies – are built on research that involves human biospecimens. Biofluids, tissue and cells are indispensable resources for the medical researcher, yet the process of sourcing these biospecimens can be woefully frustrating and inefficient. These challenges can have a direct, negative impact on the pace of discovery, creating urgency for improved access to the biospecimens researchers need
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Healthcare Interoperability Has Arrived: 3 Ways to Harness the Potential

by Shawna Koch Mishael, Head of Healthcare and Biomedical, RN, MBA, SenecaGlobal 06/09/2022 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Interoperability Has Arrived: 3 Ways to Harness the Potential

This year’s HIMSS Conference offered some exciting insights and a renewed focus on data-sharing and interoperability. While the healthcare industry has been extolling the virtues of data interoperability for years until recently it has remained one of the biggest obstacles to providing quality healthcare today. Yet, the tides are turning. New government regulations, like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ interoperability rules and the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
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At-Home Testing Is The Future, But Lab APIs Are Stuck In The Past

by David Stein, CEO of Ash Wellness 04/07/2022 Leave a Comment

At-Home Testing is the Future, but Lab APIs are Stuck in the Past

The rise of telemedicine and virtual care options have primed at-home testing to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare. 70% of today’s medical decisions depend on laboratory test results, but lagging lab APIs hinder the widespread launch of remote diagnostics.  Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a major increase in telemedicine usage, including a 154% increase in telehealth visits during the last week of March 2020 alone. Both patients and doctors
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InterSystems Launches HealthShare Health Connect Cloud

by Jasmine Pennic 03/14/2022 Leave a Comment

InterSystems

What You Should Know: - InterSystems, a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability, and speed problems, today announced the official release of InterSystems HealthShare® Health Connect Cloud, a new platform-as-a-service (PaaS). - The PaaS streamlines interoperability and data integration between clinical systems and applications while managing the entire infrastructure. With guaranteed delivery, reliability, and
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