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 ...

"Hey, Google," "What was my LDL cholesterol from last year's checkup?"

With the inevitable interoperability rules being enacted by HHS agencies, some of us may be asking Google or Alexa questions about information in our personal health records. The new rules will allow patients to give third-party apps access to their PHI. Big tech has been courting healthcare for some time now. Google ...

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 ...

It is now 2020. Many of us enjoy amazing capabilities such as video streaming and driverless vehicles, brought to us by improved connectivity and artificial intelligence. There is still not healthcare interoperability though. There are many technology companies that are trying to address the healthcare interoperability shortcomings in different ways. Two, in particular, Health Gorilla and ...

Healthcare is complicated, especially when you consider the massive amount of data generated every day by patients, providers, insurance companies, and regulators. This data can tell us a lot, especially if the relationships between sets of data can be used in a meaningful way. Some of healthcare's most complex issues such as implementing precision medicine, consolidating personal health ...