As the United States got a new president on Wednesday afternoon, it also got a new National Coordinator for Health IT. Longtime industry veteran and interoperability pioneer Micky
What would we have done during this pandemic if it wasn’t for webcams? Whether enabling needed telehealth consults or connecting family members across socially-distanced holiday celebrations, Zoom and
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights on Friday issued guidance addressing how HIPAA permits the use of health information exchanges to disclose
Predictably, most healthcare organizations in the U.S. welcomed the announcement Thursday that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT would allow for extra time to comply
The electronic health record giant Epic will use the InterSystems IRIS Data Platform beginning with the August release of its EHR, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based technology provider announced this
In his opening discussion Monday at the ONC Tech Forum, which continues all day Tuesday, National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Donald Rucker began by reminding everyone that
The Office of Inspector General released a report this past week evaluating how Veterans Affairs facilities are using health information exchanges to share information and coordinate care. The
In mid-July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources claimed that the Trump administration’s directive to hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has named its new chief information officer. WHY IT MATTERS Ryan Smith has been chosen for the role after an exhaustive search to
Health IT vendor Innovaccer has unveiled its FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform, which is designed to help healthcare organizations achieve interoperability and have greater access to healthcare data. FHIR
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