Interoperability has become the holy grail of health IT. Though it is the universal goal, there is little consensus on how to get there. Even definitions of what interoperability is are varied, and ...

Interoperability is improving, but artificial intelligence is exposing the difference between merely exchanging data and ...

We’ve come a long way in sharing data across the healthcare industry. The HITECH Act’s Meaningful Use program drove a wave of digital adoption, moving us from isolated systems to widespread use of ...

Entrepreneurs entering healthcare often spot inefficiencies and launch companies to solve them. Whether it’s optimizing transitions of care, simplifying billing, or empowering home health teams, most ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense stood up their Interagency Program Office to tackle the problems of getting their disparate electronic health records systems to talk ...

When it comes to evaluating interoperability, a group of healthcare associations say ONC is too focused on how much information is moved around instead of the quality of the information being moved ...

As technologies continue to advance, organizations are managing increasingly complex tech stacks. According to a 2022 survey of IT and security professionals, organizations are now using an average of ...

It doesn't look as though today's Microsoft announcement of a new interoperability approach will affect the company's Unified Communications products, specifically Office Communications Server 2007 or ...

FDA says it plans to release this year a draft guidance on medical device interoperability. Speaking at an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology conference on medical ...

Surescripts has applied to become a Qualified Health Information Network, through its subsidiary Surescripts Health Information Network, furthering its commitment to the Trusted Exchange Framework and ...