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Interoperability
#GotInterop – Let CommonWell Health Alliance know!
It’s the third and final day for the Exhibition at HIMSS15. For those of you at the conference, this probably means your feet are aching, your body would like a bit more sleep and your mind is racing to figure out how you are going to make it to all the booths you have yet to see before the show [...]
CommonWell Health Alliance and CPSI
CPSI became a member of the CommonWell Health Alliance following its launch announcement at HIMSS13. We immediately assigned various CPSI employees in the role of working with other Alliance members from the other EMR vendors with the task of developing a seamless interoperability service. Our involvement since the launch has been a rewarding journey leading up to HIMSS15. Immediately after [...]
CommonWell Turns Two! Making Nationwide Interoperability a Reality
March 4th marks a key milestone – Two years ago on this date, five CEOs of some of the largest Health IT companies decided to work together to break down barriers to nationwide data exchange. This dedication to the common good paved the way for health care interoperability. CommonWell Health Alliance proves that collaboration and dedication drives innovation and real-world [...]
CommonWell Moves Forward with Nationwide Expansion of Services
Today is an exciting day at CommonWell Health Alliance. If you haven’t seen yet, we announced another chapter in our fast-paced progress towards improving health information technology (HIT) interoperability – the nationwide availability of our services. After our successful initial launch in four geographies, now our members can focus on expanding their CommonWell service offerings to their clients across the [...]
CommonWell’s Commitment to our Industry, our Members, and their Providers and Patients
Anyone and everyone can talk interoperability, but CommonWell Health Alliance members are all committed to building interoperability into their software so that providers can work seamlessly within their existing workflow. Members have made tangible headway on that effort by focusing on four initial services that facilitate exchange: identity management, record locator, consent management and trusted data access. The notion that CommonWell [...]
Breaking Down Silos to Deliver One Vision, One Voice for Interoperability
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 [...]
The Post-Acute Perspective: Ensuring Seamless Communication During Transition of Care
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 [...]
CommonWell in the News: Group Of Electronic Health Record Vendors To Become Officially Interoperable
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 [...]
One Exciting Year Later: Services Live and Specs Available
One year ago today I saw the CEOs and Sr. Executives of 5 top HIT vendors put away their competitive nature and make a pledge to build seamless, plug-and-play interoperability into their products, all for the common good. In order to turn this vision into a reality, technical teams from all the companies came together under the working group name [...]
