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HL7: What it is and why it’s important to understand

Category Interoperability

HL7 standards are important to healthcare interoperability goals and EHR optimization. Read this post to learn more about HL7 standards, including APIs and FHIR.

Tags interoperability, EHR, IHE, integration, clinical communication,

January 22

Integration vs. Interoperability: Whats the Difference?

Category Interoperability

Interoperability is an industry buzzword, but its often conflated with integration. Learn the difference between the two terms, and why interoperability is key to healthcares future.

Tags interoperability, EHR, HIMSS, IHE, integration, interoperability showcase, clinical communication, HIMSS19

May 15

Risky Business: 3 Problems With Outdated Software

Category Interoperability

Neglecting to regularly update your IT systems is quite risky business. Examine three potential risks of lagging behind.

Tags software, user experience, cybersecurity, upgrade

April 24

Does Your Workflow Do This? 4 Requirements for an Enterprise Approach to Communications

Category Interoperability

What does it mean, practically, to have an enterprise platform for clinical communications? We break it down in terms of workflows to define key terms like real-time and interoperability.

Tags workflows, clinical communications, mobile workflows, enterprise communications, clinical workflows, healthcare communications, platform

February 27

When Code Becomes Magic: The Power of Interoperability

Category Interoperability

Interoperability takes clinical communications to the next level—see how the behind the scenes “magic” improves patient outcomes.

Tags interoperability, clinical communications, HIMSS, himss18, interoperability showcase

January 23

The Healthcare Leader Perspective: 2018 Health IT Priorities

Category Interoperability

Learn why top healthcare leaders think interoperability has the power to make clinicians lives easier and reduce physician and nurse burnout in 2018.

Tags health IT, interoperability, mobile workflows, physician burnout, clinician burnout

April 11

Healthcares Wild West of Information

Category Interoperability

Explore three reasons why vital information in healthcare often fails to be captured, analyzed, and shared.

Tags interoperability, health data, analytics

February 21

Nothing Lost in Translation: Interoperability Possible Today

Category Interoperability

While we all work together to realize our shared vision of a seamless data system, there is technology at our fingertips that can help provide meaningful advances in patient care today.

Tags interoperability, EHR, secure texting, clinical alerting, integrations, alarm management

September 20