Since 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been engaged in a number of pilot projects to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to take advantage of Personal Health Records (PHRs).  These tools, usually available through the internet, can...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is maintaining its focus on information blocking, interoperability, and coordination between federal agencies, according to Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health IT.   “We built this...

In his opening address for the agency's annual meeting on March 29,2021, the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi stressed prioritizing interoperability, aligning with federal partners and health equity. Tripathi noted...

Across the spectrum of healthcare delivery – payor, provider, vendor, consumer, there is a land rush underway to embrace consumer-centric care. With tools like value-based care, chronic disease management, retail services, analytics, and remote patient monitoring,...

Healthcare is at a crossroads as it emerges from the pre-digital age. Patient health data reside in silos controlled by non-communicative proprietary systems in physician offices, hospitals, insurance companies, pharmacies, labs, wearable and other IoT medical devices,...