By John Danaher, MD, President, & Olaf Lodbrok, SVP and GM, Precision Medicine, Elsevier Clinical Solutions Twitter: @ElsevierCS Twitter: @DrJohnDanaher As 2018 witnessed unexpected mergers and partnerships, robust digital health innovations and continued policy shifts in the healthcare sector, we think 2019 will bring about significant changes in health IT infrastructure with patient data at the center of it all. Analytics will be…

By Matt Fisher, Esq Twitter: @matt_r_fisher Host of Healthcare de Jure – #HCdeJure It had been a while since an electronic medical record (EMR) vendor or any other vendor withheld access to data, but it has happened again. As first reported by databreaches.net, there is a brewing dispute between Key Dental Group, PA of Pembroke Pines, FL and MOGO of…

By Scott Corbitt, MHA, BSN, RN, VP of Commercial Operations,  AirStrip Twitter: @AirStripmHealth Twitter: @Scott_Corbitt Customer feedback is a critical piece of any commercial relationship, and its impact in health IT can be particularly valuable – but timing is everything. For other industries, customer feedback surveys and Likert scales at the end of a project may be effective means of measuring satisfaction. In…

New resource provides streamlined access to CMS assessment data elements mapped to health IT standards The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (@CMSGov) announced the agency’s first Data Element Library (DEL). The DEL is a new CMS database that supports the exchange of electronic health information. Using this free, centralized resource, the public for the first time can view…

By Nancy Pratt, Chief Operating Officer, AirStrip Twitter: @AirStripmHealth This past year, 2017, has been a challenging year for many industries, and healthcare is certainly no exception. Not only are there major challenges connected to an increasingly aging population and outdated healthcare infrastructure, but the industry is also adapting to the policies associated with a new presidential administration. While technology will continue to be…

By Erin Weber, Associate Director, CAQH Twitter: @CAQH When it comes to adopting the latest technological advancements, the U.S. healthcare system is something of a paradox. Information technology is widespread in clinical care—most hospitals and physician practices now use electronic medical records, and healthcare systems and health plans aggregate and analyze patient data to determine the effectiveness of care and patterns…

By Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards Twitter: @motorcycle_guy One of the challenges for any organization when working with standards is that there are so many to choose from. For many years I had the luxury of being in a position that was nearly entirely devoted to the creation, tracking, management and leadership in standards development. Participating in standards development is challenging. Many organizations haven't…

By Charles Stellar, President and CEO, Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) Twitter: @WEDIonline Every healthcare encounter is a collaboration: between patient and provider, physician and lab tech, patient and support staff. Each participant in the healthcare spectrum plays a vital role that supports quality outcomes. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has been facilitating the needs of the health…

By Angela Pierce, Chief Financial Officer, AirStrip Twitter: @AirStripmHealth Over the last few years, the healthcare industry has undergone an incredible revolution. Mobility solutions deployed across the care continuum are providing higher quality patient care. The shift from fee-for-service to fee-for-value – no matter how the political environment affects the market – is prevailing. Beyond that, innovation and digital tools are supporting this…