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 innovation in the post-HITECH era. Co-authors Beth Israel Deaconess CIO John Halamka, MD and Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative CEO Mickey Tripathi, PhD acknowledged that HITECH is […]
More Government and Industry Health IT Experts Join The Sequoia Project’s Board of Directors
Health IT experts provide strategic leadership and expanded opportunities for cross-collaboration of interoperability initiatives Vienna, VA – February 6, 2017 – The Sequoia Project, the leading independent advocate for nationwide health data sharing, announced today the addition of six new members to its board of directors. The following two government liaisons and four industry representative […]
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 that providers struggle to get pertinent medical information from exchange partners who use a different electronic health record (EHR) from their own. And if the […]
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 of its members and their clients, enabling CommonWell subscribers to engage in data exchange through directed queries with any Carequality participant, according to a news […]
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. In a guest contribution to Life as a Healthcare CIO, Micky Tripathi put into the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability agreement in context, particularly in terms of its […]
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 Alliance and Carequality, the leading private-sector interoperability initiatives, had agreed to work together.
Carequality, CommonWell Reach Health Data Exchange Agreement
Carequality and CommonWell will bring request and retrieve health data exchange capabilities to their users. The two initiatives working to advance health IT interoperability through standardized health data exchange have signed an important agreement to expand the reach of each of their respective networks.
The Sequoia Project Further Expands Health Data Exchange
The Sequoia Project’s recent health IT partnership with the Social Services Administration (SSA) and Department of Veteran Affairs is the latest of series of achievements for health data exchange over the year. To commemorate Veterans Day, the non-profit organization focused on nationwide health data exchange announced a health IT initiative to use the eHealth Exchange […]
