Interoperability
The report, Sharing Data, Saving Lives: The Hospital Agenda for Interoperability, sets forth pathways to improve interoperability among health information technology (IT) systems – a goal that holds great promise for lasting improvement in patient care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescheduled to Dec. 18 its webinar on 2019 and 2020 changes to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
Four in 10 acute care hospitals could electronically send, receive, find and integrate patient health information from outside providers or sources in 2017, up from three in 10 in 2016, according to a report released this week by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Dec. 5 webinar on 2019 and 2020 changes to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
Joint letter from AHA and six other national hospital associations to HHS affirming hospital and health system commitment to interoperability, while stating that Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation are not an appropriate vehicle to achieve interoperability.
While health care has made great strides, interoperability among health care technologies remains very limited.
Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals can now submit electronic clinical quality measure data for the calendar year 2018 reporting period for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and the Promoting Interoperability Program.
Also in this roundup of health care news: Epic inches toward interoperability; Comcast shepherds health care disruption to keep its own costs low; and San Francisco uses data to get a bigger picture of its homeless population.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: CVS debuts a telemedicine app; Amazon to test staff clinics; Oscar Health is armed for disruption; and Big Tech calls for embrace of interoperability standards.