Medical Data Storage and Integration – SaaS vs. On Premise Now that Electronic Medical Records have become the norm, many facilities are looking to leverage these systems to provide more value. Orders/Results exchange with Labs, automated data sharing between practices, centralized storage, and patient record consolidation are typically the first steps. However, IT Directors may...
Is your HIT infrastructure ready for value-based healthcare? The CMS and Healthcare Transformation Task Force recently announced the rapid acceleration of value-based health care: A group of the nation’s largest healthcare systems and payers, together with purchaser and patient stakeholders, have announced the creation of a new private-sector alliance dedicated to accelerating the shift to...
Why HIEs Struggle and How They Can Improve There are many different models of Health Information Exchanges. Some successfully share data between systems, and may provide valuable services on top of just data warehousing and distribution. However, almost all still struggle to make participation in their programs worthwhile to a significant portion of their region....