Category: Health IT

Beth Israel Lahey Health to focus on interoperability post-merger

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A new health care dawn is coming

At some point in my career, I had the crazy idea that if I could scale the patient-centric work I was doing in my community at a small rural hospital — then I could make more of an impact. This is why, when a technology company came calling, dangling a…

What physicians can learn from anthropologists

Since the passing of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, it has been said that health tech would dramatically revolutionize health care and the patient experience. Advocates have claimed time and tim…

What physicians can learn from anthropologists

Since the passing of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, it has been said that health tech would dramatically revolutionize health care and the patient experience. Advocates have claimed time and tim…

Sturdy Memorial Hospital to install Cerner EHR  

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HIMSS Davies Awards: Featuring the 2018 Line-up

Explore stories and use cases from our 2018 Davies Award recipients.

ONC Proposes New Requirements Around Information Blocking and Health IT Certification

The ONC continued its implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act with the publication of its proposed regulation designed to advance interoperability, support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information, and address occurrences of …

Governors Address Health IT in State of the State Addresses

During their annual State of the State addresses, U.S. governors present policy successes and key proposals to their respective state legislatures. These addresses highlight model practices and success stories at the state level for other states to lea…

Summa Health rolls out virtual visits for non-acute medical care  

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CMS Expanding Patient Access to Data in Interoperability Proposed Regulation

With its Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Regulation, CMS has taken the next step by outlining opportunities to make patient data more useful and transferable through open, secure, standardized and machine-readable formats while reducing re…