Tag Archive for ‘Health Information Exchange’

Transforming Healthcare with Truly Connected Medicine

Michelle previews an upcoming webcast where Dr. Rasu Shrestha, VP of Medical Information Technology at UPMC, will share how UPMC is transforming healthcare into connected medicine.

Get Your Healthcare House in Order

Before they can worry about Meaningful Use or accountable care, healthcare organizations must get their own houses in order. Michelle has three steps to ensure you’re ready to tackle the next health IT challenges.

Overcoming the Challenges of HIT Data Exchange

How can we establish the value of data exchange for healthcare? Lorraine Fernandes shares a recent interview with HIT Exchange.

Changing Healthcare: How the Privacy Discussion Must Evolve

I’ve done a lot of reading about privacy over the past few days as I prepare for a webinar, “From Sea to Shining Sea: The Healthcare Privacy Discussion – California and National Perspectives.” My health information colleague, April Robertson, and I are presenting this April 28 webinar for the California Health Information Association (CHIA). In [...]

Is Protecting Patient Privacy a Thing of the Past?

A recent survey says that 9 out of 10 Americans want all their healthcare information available to all providers. Penny discusses whether this reflects a shift in public expectations of privacy.

Webinar: Engaging the Provider for Exchange

Provider information changes often – and often in a myriad of locations. Determining the best way to capture that information, and its many updates, was one of the hottest topics at HIMSS11 last week in Orlando. Chad previews a webinar, Engaging the Provider for Exchange: Navigating the Approaches for Provider Directories.

Watson at HIMSS: DeepDDX for Healthcare

Last week’s IBM Watson match on Jeopardy mesmerized many, but what does it mean for healthcare? We recap the HIMSS discussion of DeepDDX, DeepQA and the future of healthcare.

IBM Initiate At HIMSS11

IBM Initiate has several customer sessions on tap for HIMSS 11. Join us for any of these sessions, or stop by for a demo.

Sharing eHealth Lessons Across Borders

Around the world, EHR and system interoperability have become priorities for improving healthcare efficiencies and enhancing the quality of patient care. Penny looks at how different countries are embracing these challenges and thriving.

Telescope at HIMSS: HIE Standards in 2020

How will healthcare standards evolve over the next decade? Lorraine previews her HIMSS11 session where she will discuss how health standards have changed in the past few years amidst a data explosion.