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23 05, 2017

PODCAST: Jitin Asnaani Featured by Red Hot Healthcare | The Big ‘Connector’ in Healthcare

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:17-06:00

Check out our Executive Director Jitin Asnaani’s podcast interview with Dr. Steve Ambrose of Red Hot Healthcare. In the podcast, Asnaani discusses his passions inside and outside health care, his insights on patient empowerment and how CommonWell is aiming to change the industry for the common good. “The biggest uptake in CommonWell services—in terms of organizations joining CommonWell—has probably come from PHR and consumer facing market because of the demand from consumers to actually have a say and some control in their healthcare.” To listen to the whole podcast, visit https://redhothealthcare.com/interoperability/

PODCAST: Jitin Asnaani Featured by Red Hot Healthcare | The Big ‘Connector’ in HealthcareCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:17-06:00

2 05, 2017

Circle Health, Cerner and eClinicalWorks: Collaborating to Improve Patient Care

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:18-06:00

In 2013, Cerner was one of seven companies that founded CommonWell Health Alliance. Today, Cerner, along with other CommonWell member companies, has helped bring more than 5,000 providers live on CommonWell services. Circle Health was one of the first acute facilities to take CommonWell services live via Cerner. Circle Health quickly identified that many ambulatory practices in their network had the eClinicalWorks EHR in their offices and its physicians and patient population could benefit if eClinicalWorks participated in CommonWell. In 2016, eClinicalWorks joined CommonWell as a contributing member and quickly moved to building CommonWell services into its EHR to advance affordable nationwide health data sharing. Earlier this year, Circle Health and eClinicalWorks piloted eClinicalWorks’ first connection to CommonWell, which was implemented at one of Circle Health’s employed practices, Primary Care [...]

Circle Health, Cerner and eClinicalWorks: Collaborating to Improve Patient CareCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:18-06:00

20 02, 2017

Welcome to our Newest CommonWell General Members!

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:19-06:00

It seems only fitting that as we kick off today at the HIMSS17 conference in Orlando with 40,000+ of our industry colleagues we welcome six new members into CommonWell Health Alliance. Ranging from EHR companies to HIEs and specialty HIT systems, our membership continues to grow not only in numbers but in diversity as well. Together, with these new members, CommonWell is now well more than 60 members strong, and we are all working together to improve the accessibility of health data for providers and the individuals they serve. Audacious Inquiry Audacious Inquiry (Ai) is a health information technology and policy company working to make healthcare smarter and more connected for their government, private, and non-profit stakeholders. As a certified B-Corporation, Ai uses the “power of business” to solve problems [...]

Welcome to our Newest CommonWell General Members!CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:19-06:00

16 02, 2017

Live Demonstrations of CommonWell Services at the HIMSS 17 Interoperability Showcase

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:20-06:00

Every you time you visit your health care provider, you mostly likely are faced with the daunting task of recalling your medical history – from yesterday to birth, in some cases. You fill out paper forms. You lug medical records from office to office. Or perhaps you decide it is too much work and just don’t share your clinical history. All of which leaves much to be desired in terms of ensuring you receive the best care possible. For years, the HIT industry has been trying to solve for this. CommonWell has made great strides in helping your providers (and you!) access your medical records regardless of where that care occurred, who provided it or what software system they are on. Next week at HIMSS17 in Orlando, two CommonWell members [...]

Live Demonstrations of CommonWell Services at the HIMSS 17 Interoperability ShowcaseCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:20-06:00

13 01, 2017

The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Visits Beebe

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:20-06:00

Reposted with the permission of Beebe Healthcare. Original blog post can be found here. Beebe Healthcare hosted Dr. Vindell Washington, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, on Thursday, January 12. Beebe Healthcare, along with our friends from Nanticoke Health Services in Seaford, demonstrated the pioneering work we have accomplished in the use of CommonWell. CommonWell allows for providers and hospitals to share health data across the country. During the visit, Dr. Washington met with members of the executive team and instrumental team members involved with CommonWell. Beebe Healthcare and Nanticoke provided live demonstrations of how CommonWell will revolutionize patient care. “In Sussex County, we see many patients who are going all over the country – whether they are snow birds or simply travel often. CommonWell will allow their data [...]

The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Visits BeebeCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:20-06:00

13 12, 2016

CommonWell and Carequality to Increase Health IT Connectivity Nationwide with New Collaborative Agreement

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:21-06:00

The belief that collaboration is a key part of success is not a new one, especially when it comes to achieving nationwide interoperability in healthcare. We have always been dedicated to working together across the industry to break down the barriers to interoperability, which is why we are excited to share CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality are increasing nationwide health IT connectivity by providing additional health data sharing options to the over 15,000 hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare organizations actively deployed under the Carequality framework or CommonWell network. The agreement outlines three objectives: CommonWell will become a Carequality implementer on behalf of its members and their clients, enabling CommonWell subscribers to engage in health information exchange through directed queries with any Carequality participant. Carequality will work with CommonWell to make [...]

CommonWell and Carequality to Increase Health IT Connectivity Nationwide with New Collaborative AgreementCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:21-06:00

21 11, 2016

Person-Centric from the Start

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:21-06:00

As CommonWell continues to expand the services and reach of its interoperability network, the concept of a real person at the heart of different representations of a patient’s healthcare across different systems remains core to CommonWell’s mission to create a vendor-neutral platform that breaks down the technological and process barriers that currently inhibit effective health data exchange. From the onset of discussions within the CommonWell Health Alliance there was a clear requirement to conceptually connect all the instances of care to meet the goal of providing a complete picture of an individual’s healthcare in a timely fashion wherever they received care. As the service provider for CommonWell, RelayHealth helped solidify these principles and built the core services around the fundamental concepts of a person, representing the holistic individual, and a [...]

Person-Centric from the StartCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:21-06:00

13 10, 2016

Healthcare Leaders Convene at 2016 Annual General Meeting and Fall Summit to Discuss Strategies for Expanding CommonWell

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:22-06:00

Healthcare vendors and organizations came together at the 2016 CommonWell Health Alliance Annual General Meeting and Fall Summit Oct. 5-7 to continue the discussion on “interoperability for the common good.” For the second year in a row, MEDITECH was proud to host the event in our state-of-the-art Joanne Wood Conference Center and Auditorium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The event commenced with opening remarks and a year in review report from Jitin Asnaani, Executive Director of CommonWell. While last year’s meeting focused on deployment strategies, it’s evident the Alliance is growing and making strides in the industry as healthcare organizations recognize the value the network brings to providers and patients. Many member organizations are turning CommonWell’s concepts into a reality, with thousands of LIVE sites now utilizing the CommonWell network. With the [...]

Healthcare Leaders Convene at 2016 Annual General Meeting and Fall Summit to Discuss Strategies for Expanding CommonWellCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:22-06:00

5 10, 2016

Welcome our Newest CommonWell General Members

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:22-06:00

It is one of my favorite times of year. Football is in full force, the cooler Fall weather is upon us, and some of my favorite people are coming together for the Fall CommonWell Summit and Annual Meeting in Boston this week. Today, we welcome five new members to the Alliance, as we kick off our Summit at the New Member Welcome Meeting. It is hard to believe that this time last year we had 33 members and now we are just shy of 60 members and counting. Please join me in welcoming our newest members, who represent the diverse spectrum of our health care industry. CommonWell truly is an organization well positioned to improve the exchange of health data across the broad continuum of care. DocuTAP DocuTAP serves more [...]

Welcome our Newest CommonWell General MembersCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:22-06:00

23 08, 2016

Soon You Will Be Able to Access Your Own Health Data Thanks to CommonWell and Its Members

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:22-06:00

From the beginning, CommonWell has been dedicated to a simple but crucial vision and underlying belief that health data should be available to individuals and providers regardless of where care occurs. After all, how many times have you arrived at a doctor’s appointment, only to have a clipboard handed to you to fill out your entire medical history, emergency contact information and information about other specialists you have seen? It has probably happened more than a few times, and with each handoff of the clipboard, you likely longed for a better way or wondered how it would all get taken care of in the event that you couldn’t fill out those forms yourself. At CommonWell, we believe that health data, regardless of where treatment occurs, should be available at your [...]

Soon You Will Be Able to Access Your Own Health Data Thanks to CommonWell and Its MembersCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:22-06:00

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