Interoperability

HIT Policy Committee: Stage 2 is focus for 2013

“Stage 3 rulemaking is not happening until next year. Let’s spend 2013 on implementation of Stage 2 capabilities,” recommended Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, national coordinator of health IT during the March 14 Health IT Policy Committee meeting. “We need to learn from what’s working and what’s not working.”

Interoperability

Hot topics at HIMSS13

HIMSS13 begins this weekend and the conference offers a wide range of educational sessions and experiences from pre-conference symposia and workshops to general sessions and keynote speakers to the exhibit hall.

Interoperability

CHCF head to step down

Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA, who has led the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) since its founding in 1996, plans to step down as president and CEO at the end of year.

Interoperability

Achieving interoperability key to reducing readmissions

As penalties for too many readmissions loom over hospitals, it is clear that many have not done enough to stave off Medicare payment reductions and that coordinated care efforts may require more interoperable tools to achieve results, according to Dominick Bizzarro, RPh, who spoke during a Jan. 10 webinar hosted by the Health Information Management and Systems Society.

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ONC12: Roundtable highlights HIE, interoperability efforts

Health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability are fundamental requirements for improving patient care, according to a panel of speakers who discussed the topic at the Dec. 12 annual meeting of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC). The speakers discussed their work and experiences during the session.

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HL7 progressing on next generation standards

PCORI announces $68M in grants for national clinical research network

CHIME urges HHS to extend certification criteria to HIE market

Partners, accreditation, frameworks for interoperability

HIT Policy Committee: Long-term care needs better standards

HIT Policy Committee debates CommonWell Alliance

HL7 fulfills promise to make intellectual property freely available

QUEST collaborative can save $9B, decrease mortality

Interoperability drives HIMSS13