Although many health IT vendors are joining CommonWell for interoperability, the definition of what interoperability will look like over the coming years is still somewhat vague. Since CommonWell’s ...

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 ...

As technologies continue to advance, organizations are managing increasingly complex tech stacks. According to a 2022 survey of IT and security professionals, organizations are now using an average of ...

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 ...

Interoperability is at an intriguing intersection right now. In one corner are the people suggesting that despite some $35 billion and 10 years of work since the HITECH Act under the American Recovery ...

I think we've stumbled upon one the biggest barriers to interoperability between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): there's no real consensus on what ...

Six years ago, when “cloud” based computing appeared on the healthcare information technology horizon, I started dialing up some health IT experts to research the subject. Because I didn't know, I ...

The rule on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) will be released early this fall. But even before it hits the street, the hefty law is having an impact. MACRA, designed to ...

You are deployed in support of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) in an Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) in Europe in 2030. Your ESC is the U.S. Army lead for the sustainment of a Multi-National ...

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has proposed a new definition for interoperability. The comment period on the definition is open until March 30. HIMSS redefined ...