Believe it or not, interoperability is happening. You just have to know where to look. A recent post by John Halamka, Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…

HL7 International held Connectathon 9 in Paris on May 10 and followed up with a FHIR Clinician Connect-a-thon on May 15. Both events came at the challenge of interoperability…

Interoperability is a mammoth, catchall topic on the minds of healthcare IT stakeholders everywhere. For most providers, however, the term remains an abstraction. For patients, it likely has…

At HIMSS15 in Chicago, there were the usual wall-to-wall session offerings, evening events and impromptu chances to meet with colleagues. Increasingly, there is also a virtual space for…

Conferences are tricky things. They’re exciting, chaotic and thoroughly exhausting. But, when that final session comes to a close, it’s an open question whether meaningful connections are made…

In a recent HITECH Answers post, Meaningful Use expert Jim Tate draws attention to the major stumbling block presented by “Transition of Care” (TOC) requirements. In Stage 2…