By Lee Barrett, CEO and executive director of EHNAC, Member of Executive Steering Committee for the ONC's Payer + FAST FHIR Task Force and the HHS Cybersecurity Task Force Twitter: @EHNAC Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), issued draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework as…

By John Pagliuca, Vice President, Life Sciences, SCIO Health Analytics Twitter: @SCIOanalytics Outcomes-based contracts make plenty of sense, as they are designed to get organizations to work toward common goals. Consider the following publicly disclosed outcomes-based contract terms and it’s easy to see how these deals get payers and pharma companies on the same page: Additional rebate given if the congestive heart failure…

By Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick Twitter: @drnic1 Host of Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist – #TheIncrementalist Now on demand, I am talking to Benjamin Vandendriessche, PhD, (@benvddriessche) the CMO of Byteflies (@byteflies) – a company creating a wearable health platform to capture continuous data and enabling true Wearable Health. Episode NOW on Demand Listen in to find out about their journey to creating an…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (@HHSGov) issued for public comment draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) that will support the full, network-to-network exchange of health information nationally. HHS also released a notice of funding opportunity to engage a non-profit, industry-based organization that will advance nationwide interoperability. Specifically, the documents being released…

By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Twitter: @KHNews Twitter: @by_cjewett FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced in a tweet recently that the agency plans to release hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of previously unpublished injury and malfunction reports tied to about 100 medical devices. “We’re now prioritizing making ALL of this data available,” Gottlieb tweeted. This is an old database where…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…

By Luis Castillo, President & CEO, Ensocare Twitter: @EnsocareCircle It’s time to give you the 411 on information blocking. (for anyone born after 1985: 411 was a number you dialed in order to get information about a business or person whose contact details you didn’t have. And it still works! Try it some time). At the beginning of February 2019, the Centers for…

By Gil Alterovitz, Research Affiliate, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Kristen Honey, Innovator in Residence,  HHS Office of the Chief Technology Officer Twitter: @HHSIDEALab When we began our 14-week tech health sprint in October 2018, we did not realize the profound lessons we would learn in just a few months. Together with federal agencies and private sector organizations, we demonstrated…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…