Government & Policy

American Hospital Association, other groups call for widespread effort to accelerate interoperability

By Diana Manos 02:55 pm January 22, 2019

More and more healthcare organizations are urging a broader swath of the industry to get involved driving interoperability. The latest is a Jan. 22 report from seven leading national hospital associations urging “all stakeholders” to take part.

HL7 gives a glimpse of FHIR 5

By Tom Sullivan 01:16 pm January 21, 2019

Organization says 5 will build on FHIR 4 with more normative content, support for apps that use multiple versions of the spec and other advancements.

How HIEs can enable public health reporting when EHRs fall short

By Tom Sullivan 09:42 am January 21, 2019

Health information exchanges can help providers and public health departments overcome common obstacles.

GAO's latest report on patient matching: It's still not easy

By Diana Manos 03:16 pm January 18, 2019

The whole point of electronic health records is to facilitate the sharing of patient data, but that is still difficult, not just because interoperability hasn't been fully achieved, but also because matching patient records is still not easy to achieve – putting patients at risk

HHS Secretary Alex Azar is a keynote speaker at HIMSS19.

Here’s the lineup of HIMSS19 keynote speakers

By Susan Morse 09:55 am January 18, 2019

HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan DeVore.

AMIA to feds: incentivize the use of clinical data to support research

By Diana Manos 12:32 pm January 17, 2019

The association called on government agencies to takes steps toward making data-driven healthcare more commonplace.

Pew's Ben Moscovitch said APIs hold the potential for a dramatic shift in how health data is accessed and used for patient care.

Pew: Here's what APIs need to succeed for healthcare

By Tom Sullivan 09:41 am January 17, 2019

The private sector and government have accomplished a lot and the next phase is critical to the best use of APIs.

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Singapore’s Minister for Health outlines key responses to COI report’s recommendations

By Dean Koh 09:23 pm January 16, 2019

Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong delivered a ministerial statement on the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report on the SingHealth cyberattack in the Singapore Parliament on January 15 2019.