The new HHS interoperability rules are announced, and the timelines for implementation are set. If everything goes as planned, data exchange standards will permit information to flow freely between providers, payers, and patients. The data will be accessible by the patient or their provider at any institution. If they get sick while traveling and require emergency treatment, medical teams can ...

In 1994, Jeff Bezos moved Seattle, known at that time for its tech talent and Grunge music. He didn't start a band, but he did start selling books online though his new company Amazon. Now he is arguably one of the biggest rockstars in tech, and he is making a mark in a new genre, healthcare.

The growth of Amazon's business from a bookseller into the largest tech company in the world has ...

In our last post, we looked at the how proposed interoperability rules were getting some pushback. We have also written a post about proposed interoperability rules in the past that are a different set of rules. So, there are two different sets of rules from two different agencies. This prompted some questions for us about the differences. Why two different rules? Will they work together? Who ...

We have recently written about proposed rules that are intended to mandate interoperability between EHR systems and allow patients to let 3rd party apps use their health data. In the past ten years, since the meaningful use mandate, EHR vendors have raced to grab as much of the market as possible. They have walled their systems off from exchanging data with competitors to guard their share. ...

Healthcare interoperability still has gaps to bridge, and many different entities are trying to come up with solutions. We talked about two companies that are trying to fill the gaps in our last post. Both have networks that entities can plug into to exchange data, but neither was a comprehensive solution ...