Healthcare information interoperability has been in the news a lot in 2017. This fall the Acumen blog featured a 3-part series by Eddie Hedrick reviewing the interoperability landscape. Eddie’s … [Read more...]
Consumer-Directed Exchange: The Empowered Patient
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...]
The Interoperability Gap
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...]
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...]
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...]
Connecting Health and Care through HIT: From Meaningful Use to Interoperability
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy Do you like change? If you are a physician or work in a medical … [Read more...]
