By Sandra Johnson – There is a better way, one that allows systems to obtain new EHRs with more transparent financial impact. The System as a Service (SYaaS) solution offers a more predictable and manageable approach that delivers all the benefits of a modern EHR but without the enormous upfront costs and additional expenses that can add millions to the investment.
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By Christy Winter – For decades, paper-based authorizations have stalled the healthcare industry, creating administrative backlogs for care teams and critical treatment delays for patients. On average, practices spend 13 hours each week completing 40 prior authorizations per clinician, a massive administrative burden that diverts nearly 700 hours from patient care annually.
By Melissa Kotrys – Healthcare interoperability has made meaningful progress, but gaps remain between the national vision and the realities of local health information exchange. Achieving truly seamless, accessible data sharing requires national and local initiatives to work together, ensuring progress translates into meaningful impact for the communities and organizations that rely on it.
The Sequoia Project, the leading non-profit focused on advancing healthcare interoperability, announced it will continue its role as the Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCE®) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA®).
By Gerardo Herrero – Interoperability conversations in the United States tend to assume a shared floor: one national framework, one certification program, one set of standards everyone is nominally moving toward. Latin America offers a useful counterfactual.
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
By Anita Nayak – Across hospitals, health systems, and provider organizations, leaders are exploring how AI can support documentation, predictive analytics, patient engagement, revenue cycle management, administrative workflows, and clinical decision making.
By Tharun Kumar Nallamothu – Lessons from Real Clinical Environments – Artificial intelligence in healthcare has reached a point where technical capabilities are no longer the primary limitation. Models can transcribe clinical conversations, extract insights, and support decision-making with increasing accuracy.
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.