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18 09, 2014

Join our webinar to learn more about becoming a member of CommonWell!

2023-01-31T04:37:08-06:00

Interested in becoming a member of CommonWell Health Alliance? We recently opened up an additional Membership category – General Membership, which provides different options for prospective organizations interested in becoming part of our first-of-its-kind, vendor-led Alliance targeted at improving interoperability in our industry. Want to learn more? Join us for one of our upcoming Webinars where we will provide an overview of our non-profit association as well as discuss how you can get involved. CommonWell Informational Webinar hosted by Nick Knowlton Date: Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 1 pm ET Register for this session CommonWell Informational Webinar hosted by Jitin Asnaani Date: Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 11 am ET Register for this session Please register using the links above prior to the session date and time so we can ensure we [...]

Join our webinar to learn more about becoming a member of CommonWell!2023-01-31T04:37:08-06:00
15 09, 2014

Breaking Down Silos to Deliver One Vision, One Voice for Interoperability

2023-01-31T04:37:08-06:00

This week marks the 9th annual National Health Information Technology Week—a forum where the industry recognizes the collaborative efforts of all those dedicated to advancing our health care system through the use of information technology. CommonWell Health Alliance is a testament to what collaborative efforts can do to drive new approaches and innovations to solve one of our industry’s most challenging issues – interoperation. When we formed eighteen months ago, there were those who doubted that competitors could find common ground and agree to one vision. But today, more than a dozen vendors are succeeding not only to have one vision, but also to have one voice as we break down the barriers for interoperability in health care. In just 18 months, our shared vision and collective efforts have led [...]

Breaking Down Silos to Deliver One Vision, One Voice for Interoperability2023-01-31T04:37:08-06:00
18 08, 2014

CommonWell’s JASON Task Force testimony: A shared vision for a national “Robust Healthcare Architecture”

2023-01-31T04:37:08-06:00

On July 31, I delivered testimony to the JASON Task Force and posited that the CommonWell Health Alliance can fulfill the vision of a national “Robust Healthcare Architecture” as expounded upon in the JASON Report, discussed more below. By way of background, members of the JASON Task Force consists of a subset of the members of the HIT Standards Committee (HITSC) and HIT Policy Committee (HITPC), organized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), and aimed at synthesizing the feedback to the JASON Report. The JASON Report observed that health information exchange today is inadequate both in breadth of adoption and in usage towards the Triple Aim – better care, improved health of populations and lower per capita costs. The report strongly suggests that a new [...]

CommonWell’s JASON Task Force testimony: A shared vision for a national “Robust Healthcare Architecture”2023-01-31T04:37:08-06:00
29 07, 2014

The Post-Acute Perspective: Ensuring Seamless Communication During Transition of Care

2023-01-31T04:37:09-06:00

Mounting industry pressures have placed interoperability at the forefront of healthcare executives’ minds, affecting the clinical, financial and operational perspective of each organization. And as the industry refocuses on interoperability across the care continuum, it is ever more critical to include the post-acute care industry within the bigger healthcare picture. Post-acute care providers are increasing their use of information technology to align more closely with acute care providers to enhance patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care. In fact, studies have shown that seamless communication during the transition between acute and post-acute care can lead to benefits such as less medication errors, reduced hospital readmissions and improved patient satisfaction. To represent the post-acute care industry’s commitment to quality patient care, Brightree is proud to join other CommonWell Health Alliance [...]

The Post-Acute Perspective: Ensuring Seamless Communication During Transition of Care2023-01-31T04:37:09-06:00
10 07, 2014

Celebrating a year of collaboration, achievements and innovations

2023-01-31T04:37:09-06:00

It hardly seems possible that it was 16 months ago when I stood on stage alongside the CEOs of athenahealth, Cerner, Greenway and McKesson to announce this industry-led endeavor for interoperability. As with many things, it seems like such a short time to have accomplished all that we have. The now nine members of the CommonWell Health Alliance really have made amazing progress since we announced at HIMSS in March 2013. We welcomed new founding members representing important healthcare segments such as lab (Sunquest) and rural/community/critical-access hospitals (CPSI). We welcomed new contributing members representing other critical segments such as pharmacy (CVS) and psychiatric/behavioral/LTAC (MedHost). We published services and use case specifications, launched services at 14 sites in four communities and enrolled more than 10,000 patients in the CommonWell database. And [...]

Celebrating a year of collaboration, achievements and innovations2023-01-31T04:37:09-06:00
1 07, 2014

Welcoming new members to CommonWell Health Alliance

2023-01-31T04:37:10-06:00

Today, CommonWell Health Alliance officially opens its doors to institutions who are committed to our vision that health data should be available to individuals and providers regardless of where care occurs, and that access to this data must be built into health IT at a reasonable cost for use by a broad range of healthcare providers and the people they serve. Just over a year ago, the Alliance was formed with an unambiguous focus on rapidly demonstrating real-world data exchange and mitigating execution risks for our members and providers as early as possible. As such, we put a high bar on members’ commitment, so that membership would be centered on self-selected health IT companies who chose to heavily invest time, effort and resources to incubate and launch CommonWell and its [...]

Welcoming new members to CommonWell Health Alliance2023-01-31T04:37:10-06:00
18 06, 2014

CommonWell Health Alliance is Honored in Winter/Spring 2014 Web Health Awards(SM) Competition

2023-01-31T04:37:10-06:00

CommonWell Health Alliance was selected as a winner in the 16th annual Web Health Awards(SM) program. This competition — held twice each year: Winter/Spring and Summer/Fall — recognizes the nation’s best digital health resources. The CommonWell Health Alliance Website (commonwellprod.wpengine.com) received a Silver Award in the Web-based Resource category. Those involved in the production and design of CommonWell Health Alliance Website include Jessica Miller, Jennifer Smith, Lisa Santos, Scott Howard, Allison Lattanze, Kelly Leo and Lynette Cortez. “We were delighted to participate in the 2014 Web Health Awards competition, and were honored to be selected as a winner,” said Jessica Miller, Executive Director, Digital Marketing at McKesson, Member of the CommonWell Marketing Working Group. “Our winning entry was chosen from nearly 500 entries judged by a panel of distinguished experts [...]

CommonWell Health Alliance is Honored in Winter/Spring 2014 Web Health Awards(SM) Competition2023-01-31T04:37:10-06:00
10 06, 2014

CommonWell in the News: Group Of Electronic Health Record Vendors To Become Officially Interoperable

2023-01-31T04:37:10-06:00

While summer is typically the time for family road trips and relaxing by the pool, we at CommonWell are working hard to drive forward our vision that health data should be available to individuals and providers regardless of where care occurs, and that provider access to this data must be built-in health IT at a reasonable cost for use by a broad range of health care providers and the people they serve. Today, Forbes issued a nice update on the provider usage and CommonWell’s expansion of services. It’s a quick read, so we hope you pop over to the Forbes article. Many thanks to Dr. William “Tripp” Jennings at Palmetto Health for participating in this article. He, along with all our participating providers, has been an amazing partner as we [...]

CommonWell in the News: Group Of Electronic Health Record Vendors To Become Officially Interoperable2023-01-31T04:37:10-06:00
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
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