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EHR interoperability
ONC plans 3 meetings on improving healthcare data exchange
Agency wants more uniformity, common processes to reach interoperability, says Genevieve Morris.
HIT Think
Why government interoperability mandates hurt patients and providers
Mark Hollis
CEO and founder
MacPractice
Lack of a common approach and the will to create a national patient identifier will increase the risks while achieving few of the potential benefits of EHRs.
HIT Think
Why Clinical Document Architecture doesn’t solve data quality issues
Mohammed Hussain
Senior consultant
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Better training for clinicians can improve data entry and thus the usefulness of information transferred between EHR systems by CDA.
HHS funding expands substance abuse, mental health services
Awards to community health centers can be used to augment care with health information technology.
HIT Think
Without real interoperability, are providers paying too much for EHRs?
Irv Lichtenwald
President and CEO
Medsphere Systems Corp.
Hospitals spend billions of dollars for healthcare IT systems that aren't fully integrated, and a reassessment of the technology's cost is warranted.
VA replacement of legacy EHR could cost as much as $16B
Agency will provide firm numbers for the Cerner procurement in its Fiscal Year 2019 budget request, says Secretary David Shulkin, MD.
GAO: VA pharmacy system lacks key data capabilities
Agency’s pharmacists must be able to view, exchange and use medication data, say auditors.
HIT Think
Why healthcare information still doesn’t flow freely
Rick Sullivan
Chief government and revenue officer
Medsphere Systems Corp.
A recent study from the University of Michigan suggests that incentives still don’t line up to support wider interoperability.
Bill puts conditions on $65M for VA to procure Cerner EHR
House appropriators’ plan would withhold 75 percent of initial funding until the agency provides its plans for implementing the new system.
HIT Think
Why crosswalking will grow in importance in healthcare
Sita Kapoor
CIO and chief architect
HealthEC
High-level interoperability is needed to successfully achieve easy exchange of information for a wide variety of large datasets.
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