July 30-31 event will bring healthcare leaders together to address issues affecting the future of Health IT and interoperability. WEDI (@WEDIonline), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced its 2019 Summer Forum “Bridging EDI…

Physicians see potential progress in rules for vendors, EHRs The American Medical Association (AMA) (@AmerMedicalAssn) has submitted comprehensive comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in response to the sweeping set of proposed changes to health information technology certification and implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act and to the Centers for Medicare and…

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…