The growth of available electronic health data is expanding every day. And the adoption of value-based reimbursement has increased the importance of sharing health data among multiple providers, healthcare organizations, and payers. As a result, there is increased attention for data standards development among software vendors and technology companies, to improve interoperability between systems. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (aka HL7® FHIR® standard or FHIR) is an interoperability standard that has great potential to advance interoperability in healthcare due to its simple, internet-based approach. (more…)
“Moon shots are made to be landed.”
Ginni Rometti, chairman, president and CEO of IBM
These are exciting times across the healthcare spectrum. And nowhere was this excitement more palpable than at the HIMSS Conference, where more than 40,000 healthcare IT professionals from around the world gathered in Orlando, FL, to discuss the future of healthcare. (more…)
Content Management, Leadership, Solutions, Strategy, Technology, Thought Leaders
Our country’s ever-evolving healthcare landscape makes the future very unpredictable. Changes are occurring everywhere – regulation and legislation, reimbursement, technology, medical advances, and even the way healthcare is accessed and consumed. These changes impact how healthcare is delivered, paid for and administered. As such, it is imperative that Konica Minolta take an active role in understanding the industry and provide healthcare solutions in order to help our customers prepare for a future that will look very different than it does today. (more…)
Content Management, From Our Experts, Marketing, Security, Solutions, Strategy, Technology
As the old adage goes: Don’t take a good thing for granted.
How often do we do this in our personal and professional lives? Probably more than we’d like to admit. So when that good thing comes along, recognize it, take pride in it and promote it. That’s precisely what we’re doing with our interoperability capabilities as they grow and become more relevant for more of our healthcare customers. (more…)
Imagine a family practice office on a Monday morning with every seat in the waiting room full, and three people waiting at the check-in window. Contrast that to an Emergency Room at a community hospital on a Friday night with 40-50 patients waiting to be admitted. Each scenario is very different, but they have a few things in common – busy staff, anxious patients, and a challenging document workflow. Add to that the necessity to correctly and quickly capture patient information and clinical notes in order to satisfy billing requirements and regulatory compliance while maintaining the privacy and security of the patient.
These are typical situations in today’s healthcare environment and are complicated by the fact that electronic health records (EHR) are changing the way clinicians do business. Perhaps the biggest challenge for a healthcare provider is how to capture all of the paper documents associated with a patient visit or encounter. (more…)