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Welcome to Our First New Members in 2015
As the chair of the membership committee, I spend a great deal of my time talking with HIT suppliers. What is exciting to me is how many vendors across different HIT segments believe in our mission to break down the barriers to enable a nationwide health data exchange. I’m excited to share with you our newest set of general members [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to our Newest CommonWell General Members
Tis the season to be thankful, and thankful we are indeed at CommonWell. From announcing our expansion of services nationwide to the strong influx of interest from the industry to become a member of CommonWell, we are well positioned for a very fruitful 2015. In keeping with celebrating the addition of our newest members, I am pleased to share we [...]
CareCloud Joins CommonWell Health Alliance to Improve Interoperability
CareCloud is proud to announce that it has become one of the newest members of CommonWell Health Alliance. Albert Santalo, CareCloud CEO and Founder, explains why this unprecedented level of vendor cooperation can benefit physicians, move the health IT industry forward and ultimately secure better outcomes for patients. Q: Why did CareCloud join CommonWell Health Alliance? A: From day one, [...]
New Members, New Gatherings and New Beginnings
You may have noticed that we have been a bit quiet on our CommonWell Community blog lately. To be honest, things have been pretty exciting and busy. We have been bringing on new members, hosting our annual Fall Member Summit and finalizing our Commercial Services contract. Whew. I get tired just thinking about all we have been doing. Having been [...]
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 [...]
Celebrating a year of collaboration, achievements and innovations
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 [...]
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 [...]
Meet Susan: How CommonWell is Helping Us All, as Patients
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 [...]
