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18 07, 2025

It shouldn’t still be this hard to access your own medical records

2025-07-17T14:57:55-05:00

Despite federal rules and major investments in digital health infrastructure, many patients still face frustrating barriers when trying to get their own health information. At a recent federal meeting, patients shared real-life stories that highlighted just how broken the process still is. In this blog, we reflect on what we heard, why usability and accountability still lag behind, and what it will take to truly make patient-centered access a reality.

It shouldn’t still be this hard to access your own medical records2025-07-17T14:57:55-05:00
20 02, 2025

Strengthening Interoperability: Welcoming Agadia and MEDENT to CommonWell

2025-02-19T15:02:36-06:00

We’re excited to welcome Agadia and MEDENT to the CommonWell Health Alliance! These new members bring expertise in pharmacy benefit management, EHR solutions, and healthcare data integration, further strengthening our mission of seamless interoperability. Learn more about how they’re helping to drive better, more connected healthcare.

Strengthening Interoperability: Welcoming Agadia and MEDENT to CommonWell2025-02-19T15:02:36-06:00
4 10, 2024

The MPI & RLS: A perfect match (pun intended)

2024-10-04T08:47:17-05:00

In the complex landscape of health information exchange (HIE), ensuring that the right patient data is connected and accessible across multiple healthcare providers is crucial. Two essential technologies that make this possible are the Master Patient Index (MPI) and the Record Locator Service (RLS). While each plays a unique role, their combined power enables seamless, accurate, and efficient data exchange

The MPI & RLS: A perfect match (pun intended)2024-10-04T08:47:17-05:00
6 06, 2022

Playing with FHIR: A Success for Our First FHIR Connectathon

2023-01-31T04:30:21-06:00

Recently, CommonWell hosted our first FHIR Connectathon under the working premise that the best way to figure out what we don’t know is to get our hands dirty and start testing. Participants included 11 of our Service Adopters: athenahealth, Cancer Insights, Cerner, Health Gorilla, Inovalon, MEDHOST, MEDITECH, Oprable, Patientory, Seqster and WellSky. We ran three testing tracks, all with the primary goal of expanding our reach into the FHIR space. There were three main goals that I personally had set forth for the Alliance to address as a part of this concerted testing effort: Test work that had been developed but not yet released Gather feedback to inform technical Service Provider of any enhancements or defects to address for future development Increase participation within the Alliance community to test [...]

Playing with FHIR: A Success for Our First FHIR Connectathon2023-01-31T04:30:21-06:00
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