Improving Provider Satisfaction in the Post-HITECH Era
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine examined the impact of the HITECH Act on EHR adoption and advised policymakers on ways to improve provider satisfaction and health IT […]
Healthcare’s Latest Interoperability Push
Recent collaboration among big-name EHR vendors signals a new push towards greater health information exchange, although barriers in the market still remain Across the healthcare ecosystem, it’s hardly a secret […]
Collaboration Aims To Boost Data Exchange, Improve Interoperability
Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance have collaborated to boost data exchange and improve interoperability among providers. As part of the partnership, CommonWell will implement Carequality’s interoperability framework, allowing its members […]
Carequality, CommonWell to Join Forces to Increase Interoperability
CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality, two of the leaders in advancing data exchange, have agreed to connect their networks. Under the agreement, CommonWell will become a Carequality implementer on behalf […]
Value of Carequality-CommonWell Interoperability Agreement
The health data exchange agreement between The Sequoia Project’s Carequality and vendor-driven CommonWell Health Alliance warrants a second look, according to the President & CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative. […]
Two Networks Pledge to Work Toward Interoperability
Sometime before mid-2017, one of the greatest divides in health IT today will start to be bridged. Communities supporting two of the leading HIT data exchange networks, managed by CommonWell […]
7 (plus 1) Predictions for Healthcare IT in 2017
Last year, I had made five predictions for healthcare information technology in 2016. In this, my final post of 2016, I will be reviewing how my predictions turned out, and […]
Cerner’s Burke: Massive new EHR collaboration ‘a big deal’ for clients
Collaboration between two health care IT nonprofits will pave the way for easier information exchange between records systems. The CommonWell Health Alliance, a trade entity of health IT companies that […]
CommonWell, Carequality Combine EHR Interoperability Efforts
The ability of disparate electronic health records (EHRs) to exchange patient information — known as interoperability — took an important step forward on Wednesday with the announcement that CommonWell Health […]
Connectivity and Collaboration to Advance Interoperability Agreement
CommonWell Health Alliance (@CommonWell) and Carequality (@CarequalityNet) announced an agreement to increase health IT connectivity nationwide. The agreement provides additional health data sharing options to a broad range of stakeholders […]
