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22 05, 2014

Meet Susan: How CommonWell is Helping Us All, as Patients

2023-01-31T04:37:11-06:00

Health care. To those of us in the industry, the term implies many complexities. For patients, the issues may be complex, but the questions are simple: “How can I get well? And how can I stay well?” Everyone has a personal story—and his or her own challenges —when it comes to the complexity of the health care system. Yet, we know that such challenges are better addressed when patient health records can be accessed and shared quickly, easily and securely across settings of care. This is exactly what CommonWell has set out to achieve. The benefits of CommonWell services may not be immediately visible from the outside, but so much of what we do is focused on the patient. By making health records accessible to everyone who needs them, when [...]

Meet Susan: How CommonWell is Helping Us All, as Patients2023-01-31T04:37:11-06:00
14 05, 2014

Experiences from the Newest Member of CommonWell, MEDHOST

2023-01-31T04:37:11-06:00

More connected care communities and data availability not only help providers deliver the best care possible, but they also give patients the opportunity to more actively participate in their healthcare. It’s for these reasons that MEDHOST joined the CommonWell Health Alliance as a Contributing Member earlier this year. We share CommonWell’s mission of improving providers’ access to patient data while helping enhance the quality of care, and we firmly believe interoperable healthcare systems are good for all stakeholders. We applaud CommonWell and its inaugural members for their vision and commitment to walk across competitive lines because this collaboration breaks down health data silos that ultimately limit providers and the level of quality care they can provide. MEDHOST finds this significant, especially considering these initiatives weren’t government mandated. Instead CommonWell proactively [...]

Experiences from the Newest Member of CommonWell, MEDHOST2023-01-31T04:37:11-06:00
8 05, 2014

CommonWell Update and Demonstration Webinar Recap

2023-01-31T04:37:12-06:00

CommonWell’s journey over the past 14 months has been an exciting one, and I had the pleasure of recounting it in a recent webinar. Joining me to present were CommonWell colleagues from athenahealth, Cerner and CPSI who provided a demonstration how the CommonWell services work across the different EHR systems, allowing providers to query and retrieve patient data. In case you missed the webinar, I’ve outlined some of the highlights below. (Jitin Asnaani, CommonWell Health Alliance Operating Committee and Membership Committee member, also gave a similar update with demonstrations provided by McKesson, Allscripts and Greenway on April 22). As a partnership between fierce HIT competitors dedicated to making data interoperable for the common good, CommonWell’s announcement was a surprise to the industry at HIMSS13. In December 2013, the first four [...]

CommonWell Update and Demonstration Webinar Recap2023-01-31T04:37:12-06:00
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