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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting public feedback on draft Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources ® (FHIR®) Digital Quality Measures (dQMs). This effort aims to utilize FHIR, the next-generation standard for electronic healthcare data exchange, to improve interoperability across clinical settings.
Patient logistics company VectorCare announced the launch of a new infrastructure platform, SoFaaS™. This dramatically accelerates how healthcare vendors and suppliers can build and deploy applications embedded within Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
CapMinds provides FHIR and HL7 integration services for the OpenEMR system to enable standardized data exchange. This approach supports everything from legacy HL7 workflows to modern FHIR APIs, ensuring reliable connectivity with multiple external platforms and maintaining data consistency.
This page is an archive from NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) that provides extensive information regarding digital quality measurement and healthcare improvement using FHIR. Through past webinars and blog posts, it shows continuous provision of information on specific technical topics such as 'FHIR utilization' and 'building digital quality measures.'
Anthropic launched 'Claude for Healthcare' to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health. This is not merely a chat assistant but a comprehensive, HIPAA-ready suite of tools designed specifically to support back-end operational processes like insurance and clinical research.
Modern healthcare relies on seamless information sharing, which is underpinned by data exchange standards. The article discusses the roles and evolution of key frameworks—HL7, FHIR, and USCDI—that solve long-standing challenges like data silos and incompatibility.
Integration of the FHIR standard with Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) is advancing to enable seamless data sharing among diverse entities, including EHRs, payers, and patients. This establishes a system in the US that can acquire and share specific clinical information in real time while meeting regulatory requirements.
10Bridge announced its readiness to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program. The company's cloud-native interoperability platform helps connect and operationalize healthcare data across diverse, hard-to-connect environments.
The article compares HL7 v2 and FHIR, two major standards for clinical data exchange. It explains the distinct characteristics and practical differences of both standards, providing guidance on optimal use cases within small clinics.
This article provides insights into the utilization of healthcare data accelerated by the pandemic. It argues that what is most critical in solving medical challenges is not merely technical advancement, but rather
The 40th Annual HL7 Plenary, Working Group Meeting (WGM), and FHIR Connectathon will be held from September 19 to September 25, 2026. This event serves as a critical educational resource for the healthcare IT community, promoting industry standardization and networking.
Healthcare organizations require data warehouses that integrate clinical and claims data while adhering to HIPAA regulations. This approach allows for real-time analytics and care innovation while protecting sensitive Protected Health Information (PHI).
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has developed and provides FHIR-based Implementation Guides (IGs) to offer a comprehensive framework for healthcare data reporting. This approach balances common standardization through 'Framework IGs' established by HL7 with flexible data adaptability via NHSN's proprietary 'Content Package IGs'.
OpenAI acquired Torch, a company consisting of only four experts, for between $60 million and $100 million. This acquisition targets building a 'unified medical memory' for complex healthcare data, demonstrating the immense value of data integration and clinical knowledge necessary for AI to function effectively.
This webinar addresses operational challenges and administrative burdens faced by health plans, exploring how new technologies like HL7 FHIR-compliant APIs and generative AI can modernize complex utilization management workflows while supporting compliance with evolving regulatory requirements such as CMS-0057-F.
The CAQH Endpoint Directory centralizes and manages FHIR API endpoints published by health plans. This allows developers to retrieve necessary API information in a structured, verifiable manner without having to search multiple websites.
Jason Teeple of Evernorth and Duncan Weatherston of Smile Digital Health highlighted key challenges in healthcare data interoperability. They stressed that successful exchange requires more than just transmitting data; it necessitates improving the entire process, including identifying correct destinations, patient identification, security measures, and obtaining patient consent.
This article compares two approaches—the FHIR Facade and the FHIR Server—for exposing data from existing legacy systems to modern interoperability standards (FHIR). It details the technical pros, cons, and optimal use cases for each solution, helping organizations select the appropriate strategy based on their specific challenges and goals.
American healthcare suffers from fragmented data infrastructure, leading to delays and difficulties in real-time information sharing. To address this, regulations like CMS-0057 are driving the adoption of standardized FHIR APIs for better data exchange.
Elation Health partnered with Edenlab to enhance the interoperability of its U.S. EHR platform. This involved mapping legacy data into HL7 FHIR and achieving ONC certification.