Smart portable devices- smartphones and smartwatches- are rapidly being adopted by the general population, which has brought forward an opportunity to use the large volumes of physiological, behavioral, and activity data continuously being collected…
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By Hannah Nelson
February 22, 2024 – A California-based health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare to help healthcare providers comply with the state’s new health data exchange framework.
Serving Communities Health Information…
The World Health Organization Tuesday launched its new Global Initiative on Digital Health, a WHO managed network designed to “amplify and align resources” toward country-led digital health transformation. The organisation said the GIDH will strengthen…
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The healthcare industry has infamously struggled with disconnected data systems and a lack of interoperability. When health information cannot be easily exchanged between different systems and providers, it leads to fragmented care, medical errors…
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By Hannah Nelson
February 14, 2024 – eHealth Exchange is launching an incentive program to drive public health data sharing across its health information exchange (HIE) network.
eHealth Exchange will waive annual fees for three years for…
What You Should Know:
– eHealth Exchange, a health information exchange network, is offering an incentive program to encourage early adoption of public health data sharing.
– The initiative aims to increase the flow of critical…
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The next episode of Digital Health Unplugged takes a look at interoperability in practice and empowering improved health outcomes through connecting care records.Brought to you in partnership with Oracle Health, usual host Jordan Sollof…
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Last month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) finalized its HTI-1 rule. The regulations seek to boost interoperability in the healthcare sector and increase patients’ access to their health…
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Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took a major step forward in healthcare data sharing and artificial intelligence (AI) transparency with the finalization of the Health Data,…
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