Interoperability
Black Book also predicted a coming shift away from silo electronic health records systems to regional care coordination and information exchange in other countries.
The federal agency aims to help IT decision makers sift through the hype to make "clear-eyed" choices about blockchain.
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A recent NHS Digital survey of social workers highlighted that the majority wanted to see easier methods of information-sharing to support their work.
The President's proposed budget makes deep cuts to health departments and public health initiatives while boosting budgets for the FDA and the NIH.
HIMSS and SHIEC offer a day-long symposium that finds consumerism influencing interoperability these days, like so much else in healthcare.
A more transparent formulary design enables pharma companies of all sizes to be listed on the exchange, giving consumers more choice and leading to lower out-of-pocket expense, the company says.
The collective aims to give providers the full prescribing history of patients to reduce opioid misuse and abuse.
Following its announced merger with Epic client Aurora, the health system says the single-platform will replace its mix of Cerner, eClinicalWorks and Allscripts.
Beyond those and many other use cases, the longtime health data exchange demo and networking spot looks toward a bright future of LT-PAC expansion, APIs and other innovations.
