Friday at 5: Key Themes from the ONC API Showcase
Follow and join the conversations with #ONCAPI. A recent ONC virtual event, Accelerating APIs in Healthcare: A Year in Review and Momentum for 2021, featured more…
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The Sequoia Project Launches Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup
The Sequoia Project is launching a new Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup this month as part of the organization’s Interoperability Matters Cooperative. The Workgroup will consider lessons learned from COVID-19 response and more.
State HIE News and Updates 1-5-21
State HIEs come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Check in on the latest news and updates being reported by these organizations.
Vaccine Management and Distribution: The Role of Interoperability
By Drew Ivan – In December 2020, the FDA approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use in the U.S., making it the fastest vaccine to be brought to market. Approval of the vaccine has come just 10 months after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. A second vaccine, from Moderna, also recently gained FDA approval.
Born in a Manger: The Birth, Adolescence and Future Rise of Health Information Exchange
By Buff Colchagoff – ’Tis the time of year when nativity scenes make their annual appearances around neighborhoods and churches. As we celebrate birth in this season, I want to reflect on the Health IT sector and the birth of modern information exchange – both the verb and the proper noun.
HIE Rundown – 12-22-20
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
Sequoia Project Establishes 3 New Information Blocking Subgroups
At its annual member meeting on December 15, 2020, The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good, announced the launch of three new community subgroups under its Interoperability Matters Information Blocking Workgroup.
Will 2021 See Health Data Interoperability?
Although the pandemic did draw back the curtain on yet another reason why this is so essential to the future of healthcare. Compliance of the final information blocking rule has been pushed out but the industry still seems bullish on solutions. Here is what we might see in 2021.
State HIE News and Updates 12-8-20
State HIEs come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Check in on the latest news and updates being reported by these organizations.