HIE Rundown 12-10-14
Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of…
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New Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
Following collaboration with more than 35 federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology…
New Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
Following collaboration with more than 35 federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today issued the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020.
Health IT Enabled Quality Improvement
We are pleased to publish Health IT Enabled Quality Improvement: A Vision to Achieve Better Health and Health Care. This paper describes ONC’s vision for…
Health IT Enabled Quality Improvement
We are pleased to publish Health IT Enabled Quality Improvement: A Vision to Achieve Better Health and Health Care. This paper describes ONC’s vision for advancing the use of health IT to support transformational improvement in health care quality and value.
CommonWell Health Alliance Expands Interoperability Services, Signs Up New EHR Vendors
Last week the CommonWell Alliance announced it has entered a new phase of its mission, expanding availability of its interoperability services with an eye toward nationwide expansion. Members can now reach a larger pool of providers.
Private Sector Leaders Announce First Steps to Intergrate Healthcare
eHealth Initiative announced that leaders from across the healthcare sector have committed to working together to resolve some of the most difficult challenges facing the…
eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap Identifies Three Industry Priorities
Last Thursday eHealth Initiative released its initial 2020 Roadmap for transforming the health care industry through data exchange and health IT. The 2020 Roadmap Identifies the top 3 priorities as Interoperability, Clinical Motivators and Incentives, and Data Access and Use.
A Holistic Approach to Population Health
Here in America, we are beginning to accept the fact that our healthcare system is not sustainable as it currently stands. With an aging population and fragmented, disparate, and oftentimes redundant care, our country is wasting over $910 billion every year (Berwick & Hackbarth, April 2012) on failed care coordination, over-treatment, administrative complexity and other factors.