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Consumer-Directed Exchange: The Empowered Patient

Eddie Hedrick, Vice President, Information Technology Group
December 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

Imagine the patient at the center of the hub

Even before the health care industry achieved real, practical interoperability between providers, a new paradigm is emerging. Currently health care data is provider-centric and interoperability is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Interoperability Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, APIs, CDEx, Consumer-Directed Exchange, Eddie Hedrick, Interoperability, MACRA, Meaningful Use

Interoperability Challenges—and Potential Solutions

Eddie Hedrick, Vice President, Information Technology Group
November 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

interoperability challenges are a puzzle

In a previous post from a few weeks ago, I highlighted a gap in the nation’s ability to achieve real interoperability despite tremendous advances in the development and adoption of transactional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Interoperability Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, Carequality, CLIFS, CMS, CommonWell Health Alliance, Epic, GAO, HIE, HIPAA, Interoperability, MACRA, Meaningful Use, national patient identifier, NPI, ONC, The Sequoia Project, TPO

The Interoperability Gap

Eddie Hedrick, Vice President, Information Technology Group
October 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

The first-known use of the term "Interoperability" according to Merriam-Webster was in 1965. Interestingly, other first-known-use terms from that year include: "Pseudosophistication"—false or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Interoperability Tagged With: Dr. John Halamka, EHR, future shock, HITECH Act, Interoperability, Meaningful Use, Micky Tripathi, MU

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