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...]
Interoperability Challenges—and Potential Solutions
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...]
Interoperability and a Framework for the Trusted Exchange HIT
We’ve talked the talk about Health Information Technology (HIT) interoperability for a long time, but progress has been slow. The 21st Century Cures Act legislates that diligent work on … [Read more...]
Patient-Driven Health IT
I regularly read Dr. John Halamka’s Geekdoctor blog to keep up with the latest health IT (HIT) news. Dr. Halamka, Beth Israel Deaconess CIO, is an HIT policy expert, traveling around the U.S. and the … [Read more...]
A Summary of the 2018 MACRA Proposed Rule
Fireworks started early this year in Washington. Not only did the Senate reveal a draft of the healthcare reform plan, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also unveiled another … [Read more...]
Great Expectations: Health IT in 2017
Happy New Year! To get our Acumen blog off to a value-based start we asked health IT (HIT) experts to give us their perspective on HIT progress in 2016 and hopes for 2017. Please enjoy these 2016 … [Read more...]
