TOP 5 BENEFIT S OF SEMANTIC INTER OPERABILITY In today’s health practices, the ability to share information across the practice, or across different specialties and practices, is critical to good patient care and the success of both the practice and … Continue reading →

Healthcare practices today typically have a heterogeneous mix of IT systems, including multiple EMRs. Though these systems were meant to be designed and implemented to share data, most were designed only to share primarily billing data – not clinical information … Continue reading →

As the evolution of the healthcare information market continues to accelerate, the changes that ensue will increase the opportunities for departmental and enterprise clinical workflow solutions that meet the needs for improved care; and interoperability will continue to be a … Continue reading →

Large enterprises often struggle with the problem of department based solutions, creating an IT landscape of isolated environments. While a silo solution maybe adequate for a given department, it often inhibits the kind of team-oriented patient care that physicians champion. … Continue reading →

The affordability of healthcare coupled with patient safety is a common subject of debate. Healthcare is the largest segment of the American economy at over $2 trillion per year. With a growth rate 2.5% faster than that of GDP, it … Continue reading →

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, by 2015 there is projected to be a shortage of nearly 63,000 physicians and a whopping 91,500 by 2020. The organization cites aging baby boomers and the expansion of insurance coverage as … Continue reading →

As you are most probably already aware, the face of healthcare is rapidly changing! Organizations are now forced to get comfortable with terms such as “workflow”, “interoperability”, and “collaboration”. In fact, one of the top 10 healthcare searches on Google … Continue reading →