Interoperability is one of healthcare’s biggest dilemmas, with providers trapped between growing needs for expanded use of health data and a host of compliance, legal and regulatory constraints.

Health data company Health Gorilla filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Epic and several healthcare providers alleging inappropriate access to nearly 300,000 patient records. The case highlights ...

Despite technology advances in electronic health records (EHRs) and the establishment of interoperability requirements by regulatory bodies, siloed patient information remains an unsolved problem ...

In our ever-changing industry, staying quick on your feet is paramount to overcoming obstacles. But even by typical standards, this past year was particularly tumultuous. One of the most significant ...

On July 1, a final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took effect that opens up patient access to healthcare data. When the interoperability rule was issued in 2020, former CMS ...

Imagine that you are going on a journey. You’re headed somewhere you have visited a few times before, but your memory is fuzzy on the exact directions to take—so you use your navigation app. As you ...

The game of Telephone is great fun for children but a terrible way to communicate vital health information. Yet in today’s healthcare systems, the multiple fragmented systems can lead to a ...

The rule aims to free data from silos to promote interoperability between payers and providers. On July 1, a final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) takes effect, and aims to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The functionality allows providers to swiftly identify their patients US-based Humana and Providence have launched an initiative ...

A new survey of tech executives at U.S. hospitals and health systems finds nearly a third indicate their data-sharing efforts are insufficient, even within their own organizations, and fewer than four ...