The ONC has released the new version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability, a set of standards to enable seamless data exchange nationwide. The updated set includes standards for exchanging data related to social determinants of health, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Stating that now is the time for "bold action," the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has issued a six-pronged call focused on interoperability.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
"This brings us much closer to a ‘lingua franca’ for health information, so clinicians finally have complete information available about their patients.”
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently held its annual meeting and issued new guidelines for interoperability among electronic health record (EHR) systems.
Wisconsin company's president sees the new Redpoint platform as a "Sherpa" for digital health companies to work with big EHRs.
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards of Technology?, is circulating a draft guidance? on best practices for securing healthcare data on mobile devices.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Despite all the talk of interoperability among policy-makers, providers and even technology vendors, today's crop of electronic health records will continue to be "fortress" applications that hinder information sharing until incentives change and, perhaps most importantly, end users demand interoperable systems, according to a new Chilmark Research report.