The GetMyHealthData initiative announced commitments from leading health organizations to take concrete steps over the next year to make it easier for patients and families to access and use their electronic health information.
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The Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) announced a Request for Nominations (RFN) for Personal Health Record (PHR), Patient Portal, Mobile Application and other vendors to qualify to work on healthcare-related applications and projects with MiHIN.
Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC, or RCCA, is one of a select group of oncology organizations nationwide invited by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the agency’s Oncology Care Model, or OCM.
‘Connected Communities’ Grants Aim to Address Critical Healthcare Issues Via Increased Use of Innovative Technologies. MeHI, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech, awarded $3,038,000 in grants to drive community-level collaboration among healthcare providers using innovative technologies.
The National Association for Trusted Exchange welcomed its newest member, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. By joining NATE and participating in the NATE Blue Button for Consumers Trust Bundle, VA is demonstrating its commitment to enabling its Veterans to send their health data to the consumer-facing application of their choice.
Fewer than a quarter of U.S. hospitals are on track to hit the Obama Administration’s 2018 goal of providing at least half their patient care through so-called “value-based” arrangements – structures that tie reimbursement from Medicare to the quality of care patients receive.
The key to building the eHealth Exchange, the largest data sharing network of its kind in the United States, is industry and government collaboration and continual testing, according to Mariann Yeager, CEO of The Sequoia Project, who keynoted at the IHE World Summit.
Calgary Scientific Inc. announced results of a roundtable about mobile adoption strategies and policies by healthcare providers. To learn more about the current state of mobile adoption for clinical care, Calgary Scientific convened a virtual roundtable of industry experts and clinical leadership.
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), the leading organization supporting the healthcare industry in advancing the state of information protection, has released findings from an industry pilot to evaluate methods to improve the collection and sharing of cyber threat Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and enable their effective consumption by a broad range of organizations.