Tag Archive | data exchange
How do you leverage HIE for true EHR Interoperability?
Good question! North Texas Speciality Physicians and Jerry Rankin, director of industry strategy, Lawson Healthcare, are partnering to answer that question during the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo on Wednesday, June 8 at 12:15 p.m. CT. Jerry Rankin and Thomas M. Deas, MD, board member and founding member, North Texas Specialty Physicians, will present the session titled “Large Physician Group [...]
Connecting the Medical Community – Enterprise Exchange as the Foundation for Accountable Care: An Insightful Industry Brief from IDC
A recent industry brief prepared by Lynne Dunbrack of IDC puts its finger on the pulse of some very important industry trends pointing to the emergence of the “Enterprise Exchange” – Hospital/Provider sponsored Health Information Exchanges that connect a natural medical community – hospital, doctors, diagnostic centers, non acute providers – in order to better [...]
The Interoperability Playbook: A Winning Plan To Conquer Meaningful Use
With all of the data intensive initiatives going on in healthcare, such as meaningful use and health information exchanges, the need for integration continues to increase and is now getting the attention of the C-suite. Additional initiatives — such as meeting Accountable Care Organization (ACO) conditions, acknowledging potential new reimbursement models and increasing emphasis on [...]
When free is not free enough…
Does open source really mean free? Do open source solutions deliver real and tangible advantages over healthcare product and personnel experience in deploying timely integration solutions to enable strategic initiatives? Would you bet your job on open source integration technology? When I talk to prospects who are actively comparing a brand solution with an open [...]
A lesson in healthcare human-to-system interoperability from almost missing my flight in Cincinnati
What can we learn from other industries with regards to healthcare interoperability? My airline experience (and probably yours, too) can teach us a lot.
Musings from a day of visionary presentations
Last week, I had the opportunity to be among a number of leading vendors addressing the CIOs of the Shriners Hospitals for Children at their Technology Symposium in Las Vegas. It was an honor to be asked to address these CIOs and to be among those presenting as well, which included representatives from IBM, Cisco, EMC, VMware and Cerner.
What’s the state of your IT department?
Recently, Nam Vo, VP of Healthcare Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions for Lawson, and I had the chance to talk directly with a dozen or so directors and CIOs about their priorities and strategies around electronic health records (EHR), accountable care, supporting affiliated medical providers and other current healthcare initiatives.
