30 10, 2013

Introducing our Board of Directors

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As you may have seen this morning, CommonWell Health Alliance is officially an incorporated trade association and with that comes the election of our Board of Directors. As I said in our press release, I am proud and very fortunate to have such a talented group of individuals joining me on the Board. We have been working collaboratively for the last eight months to help break down the barriers of health data exchange. I write this as the Alliances comes off of a working session in Denver, where our member companies demonstrated tremendous progress both on the operational and technological front. It is such an exciting time to be a part of this effort and I can’t wait for us to share more at HIMSS in February about our pilot [...]

Introducing our Board of Directors2023-01-31T04:37:19-06:00
24 10, 2013

In Their Own Words: An excerpt from the CommonWell panel at the Cerner Health Conference

2023-01-31T04:37:20-06:00

Update: Read below for a synopsis and excerpts from this session. Video is also available here. For the first time in Cerner Health Conference history, three competitors shared Cerner’s main stage at its opening Power Session on Oct. 9.  Rich Elmore, VP of Strategic Initiatives – Allscripts, Arien Malec, VP of Strategy – RelayHealth, and Tom Wilson, VP of Strategic Programs – Sunquest, along with Cerner VP and session moderator Bob Robke, joined together to share their enthusiasm, insights and support of the CommonWell Health Alliance, as well as provide an inside look to what the group has been working on since it first announced the Alliance at HIMSS in March. Read below for a synopsis and excerpts from their session: Q: Since we announced the Alliance at HIMSS, a [...]

In Their Own Words: An excerpt from the CommonWell panel at the Cerner Health Conference2023-01-31T04:37:20-06:00
9 10, 2013

Football, Pumpkins and Health Care Conferences

2023-01-31T04:37:20-06:00

It wouldn’t be Fall without a series of health care events taking place around the country. In a recent post, we talked about the great CommonWell conversations that were had at the member user conferences for Sunquest, Allscripts and Greenway. But it doesn’t stop there, CPSI and McKesson hosted their user conferences these past couple weeks, and this week, Cerner is busy celebrating the Chiefs undefeated record…and hosting their conference to 10,000 attendees in Kansas City. The CommonWell member teams are busy on the road and thrilled to be sharing the progress of the Alliance with our user communities. Continue reading to hear how CPSI and McKesson’s user conference went and be on the lookout for more details to come on CommonWell at the Cerner Health Conference. CPSI National User [...]

Football, Pumpkins and Health Care Conferences2023-01-31T04:37:20-06:00
3 10, 2013

The Business Model for Interoperability

2023-01-31T04:37:20-06:00

Much of the recent discussion around making interoperability a widespread success has shifted from technical standards and capabilities to business dynamics. In its August report, Principles and Strategy for Accelerating Health Information Exchange and Advancing Interoperability, the Department of Health & Human Services puts it front and center: “Both providers and their vendors do not yet have a business imperative to electronically share person-level health information across providers and settings of care that exceeds the cost of doing so.” And in the eHealth Initiative’s most recent survey of more than 100 established HIEs, “developing a sustainable business model” and “competitive positioning in the marketplace” outweighed “addressing technical barriers” as their top challenges. This is all good news in terms of consensus that transport and content standards — from Direct to [...]

The Business Model for Interoperability2023-01-31T04:37:20-06:00
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