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Value of Health IT
The MPI & RLS: A perfect match (pun intended)
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
CommonWell Joins the Data Usability – Taking Root Movement
CommonWell is proud to be a supporter of the Data Usability-Taking Root Movement which is aimed toward enhancing the usability of health information.
Doubling the Data: The Journey to True Interoperability for Adventist Health
Adventist Health has more than 20 hospitals and 250 clinics in more than 80 communities on the West Coast and in Hawaii. With millions of patients being served per year, the need for their health IT systems to interoperate with each other—both inside and outside of the Adventist Health system – is paramount. Last month, Adventist Health shared how implementing the [...]
Lessons Learned from Rural Community Hospital on Slowing the COVID-19 Curve
In one rural community nestled between Kansas City and Columbia, Mo., Fitzgibbon Hospital recorded the most COVID-19 cases per capita in the state of Missouri during the first wave. Learn from their success of facing COVID-19 head on and slowing the curve in their community.
Slow COVID-19: CommonWell Member Resources & Initiatives
Since our inception, CommonWell members have been innovators and game changers in the health IT space. Today is no different. On this blog, we will continue to share and update what our members are doing in the fight to slow COVID-19, provide necessary care coordination resources, and ultimately, help save lives.
Virtual Care Visits and the Importance of Electronic Data Access
InterSystem’s Kathleen Aller shares a personal story about how COVID-19 is impacting the way medicine is being practiced and the benefits of having digital access to patients’ health records.
Get Up Close and Personal with CommonWell: A Conversation with Mosaic Life Care
Mosaic Life Care provides a real-life look at how CommonWell benefits their organization.
Why #IHeartHIT: CommonWell Members Weigh In
This week, we are celebrating U.S. National Health IT Week (NHIT)—a time to commemorate the progress we’ve made as an industry and renew our commitment to improving health IT and, therefore, improving health care. Here at CommonWell, many of our members stopped to reflect and share their own “#IHeartHIT” messages in honor of NHIT 2019.
The Need to Accelerate the Interoperability Ripple Effect in Digital Health
CommonWell Health Alliance was founded on the shared belief that to drive better patient care and improve health outcomes, we need to connect as many care locations as possible across all care settings. Our vision was to unlock the full potential of healthcare IT by connecting as many other participants as possible who are committed to interoperability. Last year, we [...]
