By Mera Choi, Stephanie Garcia, & Chelsea Richwine – The Cures Act Final Rule includes regulatory requirements to implement secure, standards-based application programming interfaces. To support the acceleration of API adoption in health care, ONC has published a series of perspective reports that focus on key stakeholders and their views on APIs.
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The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of July that we think deserve sharing again.
By Micky Tripathi & Steven Posnack – As our nation transitions to a digital healthcare system, our stakeholders are discovering new opportunities for using health information technology to advance health care delivery, public health, and research to improve people’s lives.
By Gil Dror – The monkeypox outbreak has accelerated with more than 3,000 cases in the US (according to CDC data) and the vaccine nationwide has been hamstrung by logistical and technical errors. The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency.
By Robbie Hughes – No Ordinary Doctor’s Office: With a subscription model in Amazon Prime, the acquisition of PillPack, the Schmidt-Thompson protocols and now OneMedical, is the Seattle entrepreneur’s early visionary investment in healthcare about to hit its mark?
On this episode of Healthcare Transformers Podcast, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, VP and Chief Health Equity Officer at CVS Health, shares the impact when organizations move beyond buzzwords and embark on a health equity transformation. Take a listen.
By Devin Partida – The COVID-19 pandemic changed the world forever, including how employees work. More than ever, workers seek the flexible and remote opportunities they grew accustomed to during the pandemic. The pandemic also changed the methods of health care used by providers and challenged providers to adapt by creating telemedicine and other virtual health care opportunities.
By Mike Hodge – Long term acute care facilities are increasingly challenged to care for higher acuity patients transferred from hospital intensive care units. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend by driving a greater number of sicker patients into LTAC settings as hospitals reach ICU capacity.
By Andrew Hayden & Sherilyn Pruitt – The annual comment period for the Interoperability Standards Advisory will be open from 7/28 – 9/30. Comments, suggest revisions, and propose additions are for the 9th Annual ISA Reference Edition in January 2023.