ENTRIES TAGGED "health information exchange"
Five elements of reform that health providers would rather not hear about
Data as a platform, patient control, and partnerships are key
The state of Health Information Exchange in Massachusetts
Health IT and HIE advances in Massachusetts may lead to national shifts.
Although health information exchange should be identified as a process, having the structures and organizations to facilitate exchange is a challenge facing health care. A recent conference articulated these issues, and presented clear plans on how Massachusetts is addressing them.
How the federal government helps health care standards evolve
Dr. Lauren Thompson discusses the Federal Health Architecture.
In this interview, Federal Health Architecture director Dr. Lauren Thompson discusses the state of health information exchange.
The Direct Project in action
Houston's healthcare community is deploying a Direct Project pilot.
Jim Langabeer, CEO of Greater Houston Healthconnect, discusses the implementation goals and hurdles related to a Direct Project pilot program.
Report from HIMSS 2012: toward interoperability and openness
Two key pillars of the Stage 2 announcement are requirements to use the Direct for data exchange and HL7's consolidated CDA for the format.
Building the health information infrastructure for the modern epatient
Dr. Farzad Mostashari on how the web, data and epatients are poised to revolutionize healthcare.
The National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, discusses patient empowerment, data access and ownership, and other important trends in healthcare.
Small Massachusetts HIT conference returns to big issues in health care
The real reason hospitals haven't joined health information exchanges, and other reports from the Massachusetts Heath Data Consortium's annual conference.
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