Interoperability is one of healthcare’s biggest dilemmas, with providers trapped between growing needs for expanded use of health data and a host of compliance, legal and regulatory constraints.

Technology is expanding at a rapid rate, and it is changing the way that we think, organize and operate both at home and in the workplace. In the case of healthcare, new software applications, ...

The game of Telephone is great fun for children but a terrible way to communicate vital health information. Yet in today’s healthcare systems, the multiple fragmented systems can lead to a ...

A vision for “e-health” is gathering around the world, in which a rich array of dependable data is seamlessly and securely shared between patient and healthcare providers, in support of breakthrough ...

It’s not unusual for patients to feel powerless in the domain of health care. Records, charts, imaging, test results and other health data have often been kept at arm’s length, with the main way to ...

And that’s not all. Moving to three dimensional interoperability will bring myriad benefits to major stakeholders, as outlined in Elster’s 360 Degree Solution Model chart below. Figure 4 – The 360 ...

Loren Baker ( [email protected]) is an associate professor and chief of health services research in the Department of Health Research and Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine in ...

New Optum Institute/Harris Interactive national survey of hospital CIOs suggests major strides in adoption of electronic medical record systems CIOs concerned about growing costs and burdens related ...

Interoperability is expanding its reach. Historically best known for its front-office utility in saving traders from ‘swivel-chair’ workflows, having applications seamlessly work together is ...

MSN Hotmail last week announced that through an agreement with Yahoo, users of both consumer-oriented e-mail systems will now be able to share e-mail with one another. MSN Hotmail last week announced ...