HIMSS has proposed an update to its definition of interoperability which adds operational data exchange as part of its description, taking into account the policy, social and organizational components ...

For providers who would like guidance on how to best comply with the slew of recently finalized regulations, including the meaningful use stage 2 modifications, MU stage 3 final rules, the 2015 ONC ...

Health IT is paramount to transforming healthcare, and interoperability is a cornerstone of positively transforming the nation’s healthcare system, according to HIMSS. In a position paper, HIMSS ...

HIMSS has crafted a new definition for interoperability. HIMSS, the owner of Healthcare IT News, described the new concept as one specifically fit for the larger healthcare ecosystem. Senior Director ...

Further interoperability work is necessary to fuel telehealth, care at home, and social determinants of health initiatives, says HIMSS leader Hal Wolf. Last March, the U.S. Department of Health & ...

A discussion at the HIMSS 2023 Interoperability Showcase highlights the barriers to data transfer between ambulances and hospitals. As healthcare organizations learn to use technology to gather, store ...

For decades, Hal Wolf has watched the efforts of the U.S. healthcare system to effectively share data. And while most data sharing approaches are still "clumsy," he said the industrywide efforts to ...

The massive HIMSS conference can also serve as a barometer of the current state of the health IT industry, and this year’s event seems strategically focused on themes around interoperability, patient ...

UPDATE: HIMSS organizers have decided to cancel the 2020 conference. The announcement followed the publication of this story. President Donald Trump will be addressing a large healthcare informatics ...

4medica, provider of the industry's leading cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) clinical integration platform, will collaborate with local public health organizations to demonstrate the value of health ...

CHICAGO – Interoperability is about more than just having standards. Being able to exchange electronic health information between entities and individuals is all well and good, but the data needs to ...