Interoperability & EHRs

Why we’re thinking about EMRs all wrong, and how mhealth gives us new windows into the human body.

For patients, the benefits of wearables and other forms of real-time health monitoring are clear. But if you’re in charge of sustaining the profitability of a hospital, digital healthcare might keep you up at night.

Following Hurricane Florence, many patients are finding access to their latest records and treatments is improved thanks to the resilience of digitized records and their cloud backups.

Smart healthcare leaders must step up and challenge the status quo.

FHIR could help health systems achieve interoperability.

Is this the key to fighting physician burnout?

Virtual care, innovation versus implementation, and the new Apple Watch all carry big implications for healthcare.

It’s time to break down health information silos.

As Hurricane Florence strikes, HIEs are working to connect displaced patients to their medical records.

The startup is the first project backed by Health2047, the American Medical Association’s innovation arm.

On the flip side, current incentives are driving many of healthcare's worst behaviors.

EHR customization and poor training can result in problems, causing experts to call for change.

Data complexity is a serious problem that requires a serious solution.

Despite it's long-term benefits, new tech inherently disrupts physicians' workflows. How can health execs overcome this cultural resistance?

How embedded pharma education can help drive improved medication adherence.

What’s impeding interoperability and hurting small healthcare orgs? And how can they overcome these challenges?

Disrupters like Google and Microsoft are a symptom of healthcare's inherent problems. But in this case, the symptom might be the cure.

But the healthcare organizations applaud cutting documentation requirements.

Health systems are leaving a lot of value on the table when it comes to engaging their patients. What tools will improve the patient experience, and keep patients invested in improving their health?

Healthcare stands on the precipice of a digital revolution. Who will help usher in the new era it so sorely needs?

What a patient-driven, spherical view of data means for the future of healthcare, and how to make it a reality.

This week on Data Book, we discuss how IBM disrupted computing and speak with a Health2047 leader.

How the identity platform could help healthcare.

They won’t get it from me.

Is data integration broken?