Interoperability
The OCR director stressed the importance of interoperability and protecting patient data during his Thursday morning session at Health Datapalooza.
The HHS secretary said interoperability is needed, but pledged his office will take a "60,000-foot" view.
The jointly developed software will enable healthcare organizations to add clinical decision support applications into clinicians workflow, executives say.
The industry group argued that not adequately funding the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT would undermine the 21st Century Cures Act and inhibit work toward a learning health system.
While the bulk of respondents to our poll picked the reigning EHR favorite, many think a different course would be better.
Going with a different electronic health record vendor to replace VistA might force the industry to take interoperability issues more seriously, Chilmark founder says.
Among recent developments in interoperable data exchange is a new physician-led health information network in Connecticut.
Emergency teams can connect via DirectTrust, Carequality, FHIR and more.
EHR data integration company plans to use the funding to accelerate its growth.
If the technology is going to fix healthcare’s interoperability and security problems, policymakers, IT pros and executives need fresh perspectives.