While it may be true that the EHR is the main tool for a clinician, the same is not true for patients. Patient data is stored in a wide variety of systems...
Health Data Sharing
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) keeps releasing new rules to address the urgent need for data exchange. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common...
We previously shared ONC’s big QHIN announcement which shared the names of five officially designated QHINs as part of TEFCA: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus...
For those not familiar with the healthcare interoperability space, you may not know that a major portion of health data exchange happens on open source...
When someone wants to create a healthcare app, they often think that getting the data they need to make their app work will be easy. They assume that there...
Civitas Networks for Health is a non-profit consortium that brings together a broad community of organizations interested in health data exchange. Many members...
One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions...
As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it’s imperative that the data collected have...
In a recent survey, Surescripts found growing support for pharmacists to prescribe a select number of medications to patients, thus easing the workload on...
Patients, regulators, and payers are insisting on data exchange in health care. But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors...