Interoperability

Consolidating vaccine records from multiple providers and recommending additional needed doses has big benefits for patients, says Rebecca Coyle, executive director of the American Immunization Registry Association.

JeanCarlo Luz, electronic medical records leader at Philips, discusses how the company's EMR leverages cloud services and interoperability with multiple partners to help to deliver time and cost savings for hospitals.

Following these guidelines can help avoid or reduce obstacles on the journey to implementing generative AI solutions.

Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, payers must send prior authorization decisions within 7 days and expedited decisions within 72 hours.

How can nursing leadership best shape the future of healthcare? With a shrinking workforce and growing incidents of workplace violence, what can we do right now to solve the challenges of today before they become the crises of tomorrow? What are the opportunities with emerging technology and AI to manage clinical outcomes and operational excellence?

Telemedicine delivers health equity and improved patient outcomes.

Researchers and developers have announced artificial intelligence tools that aim to shrink the time mental health providers spend on administrative tasks, provide faster triage, support clinical decision-making and improve patient access. 

How industry-specific partnerships enhance security against cyberattacks.

Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting hybrid work models, with remote employees and mobile clinicians traveling between worksites. The dissolution of the traditional network perimeter and the growing number of both personal and corporate-issued devices accessing the networks are challenges that IT teams must meet with innovative solutions and strategic thinking.