Interoperability & EHRs

The agency put out a new Request for Information to gauge vendor interest and capabilities.

Proponents and detractors alike agree that blockchain still lacks proven use cases in healthcare. Some major companies want to change that.

"It's just coming at us fast and furious, with CVS and Aetna, Cigna and Express Scripts, and maybe this," the President of American Antitrust Institute said.

The tone of the former VA Secretary's new op-ed casts a dramatic light on a speech he gave just 10 days ago in Philadelphia.

Usability issues and variations in implementation create fears of unnecessary patient harm.

The President tweeted that he was nominating Admiral Ronny L. Jackson to head the agency without formally announcing that Shulkin had been fired.

Under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, the agency has made a concerted effort to move towards a less cumbersome, technology-friendly, risk-based approach.

The 20-year-old nonprofit has fears about an increasingly consolidated, vertically integrated healthcare industry.

According to 2 clinicians, docs today face "maddening" alerts and a "Sisyphean" inbox. They offer 5 suggestions for how that can be fixed.

A look at the half-dozen names that have come up as the embattled Secretary's potential replacement.

Hint: The finding relied on medical information from more than 46,000 Geisinger patients.

No shiny object can distract from the fact that a happy workforce is every exec’s best asset.

How the statewide HIE is slated to improve data aggregation, interoperability, and care.

The disrupter hopes the initiative will help foster better data sharing across the healthcare system.

Secretary Shulkin led off a speech today in Philadelphia by reading off a scathing criticisim of his agency.

“We are talking about a $16 billion project that will take a very long time,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) said yesterday. Previous projections had been much lower.

According to a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs meeting this morning, the Secretary was supposed to announce a finalized Cerner contract during last week's megaconference. He didn't.

At HIMSS, healthtech experts had widely varying opinions on whether blockchain can actually do anything for the field.

40 people die every day as a result of overdose from prescription opioids. Here's how can the health IT community can help curb overdose and abuse.

Why one venture capitalist is becoming frustrated with startups that push technology over problem-solving.

The company’s track record and finances suggest it could deliver, but there’s a paucity of additional evidence.

Hospitals want to improve patient outcomes and save cash. Docs want to avoid reporting systems that pry them from their patients. It’s not an impasse.

Announced during HIMSS 2018, the plan calls for patient access to their health records, in a push toward interoperability and value-based care.

As the EHR vendor celebrates its announcement of a major new partnership, physician staff across the country are again reporting service outages.

Early returns from 4 Department of Defense facilities are out, but Veterans' Affairs officials had indicated they'd have a deal by the end of February.