Healthcare AI startup Suki announced major updates to its flagship product, Suki Assistant, in collaboration with Google Cloud. The new features include patient summarization and clinical Q&A, aiming to reduce administrative burden and improve decision support for clinicians.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has published a comprehensive list of supported FHIR R4 resource types for HealthLake. This provides developers with detailed technical information to enhance the standardization and interoperability of healthcare data.
AWS HealthLake has implemented SMART on FHIR support, enabling secure and standardized access to medical data from applications. This system utilizes industry-standard authorization servers for authentication and authorization, replacing traditional ID management methods.
Elait Health announced the appointment of Michael Boggs as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Boggs will lead the strategic vision for the company's AI-powered health data management platform, aiming to improve interoperability and operational efficiency.
AWS HealthLake offers two types of bundle processing for handling FHIR resources: 'Batch' and 'Transaction'. Users must select the appropriate method based on data characteristics and integrity requirements.
According to Black Book Research, Onyx received the highest rating for FHIR-based prior authorization solutions. This is driven by the shift toward HL7 FHIR standards mandated by CMS, emphasizing the need for real-time data sharing and operational efficiency.
CMS has mandated that impacted payers implement a FHIR-based 'Provider Directory API' to publicly share information on their contracted provider networks. This aims to improve access for patients and healthcare providers, allowing members easy, unauthenticated access to comprehensive network details, thereby enhancing data consistency and efficiency across the industry.
Black Book Research identified Onyx as the highest-rated vendor for FHIR-based prior authorization interoperability solutions. The survey highlights the critical importance of standardizing data exchange to meet CMS mandates, positioning OnyxOS as a benchmark platform in this field.
CQL is a standardized language used in healthcare to express clinical quality measures and decision support rules. As an HL7 standard, it ensures consistent interoperability across systems like FHIR, supporting the provision of high-quality care.
The author describes the technical process of setting up an OAuth2 client to achieve system interoperability with Epic using FHIR. This involved deploying iris-http-calls in a Docker environment on AWS and successfully implementing the access token acquisition process using JWT authentication and the Client Credentials Grant Type.
InterSystems is hosting a hands-on workshop focused on healthcare innovation using FHIR, a next-generation platform standard. The event aims to teach participants the fundamentals of FHIR and provide practical experience in accessing patient data, helping them leverage data for meaningful impact in the healthcare industry.
The author attended the eHealth Exchange annual meeting and learned about the latest trends in healthcare data sharing. Key topics discussed included FHIR advancements and TEFCA's role, emphasizing that future efforts must focus on leveraging data for value creation.
The US FDA is fundamentally transforming how pharmaceutical data is prepared, submitted, and analyzed. Central to this shift is the adoption of the HL7 FHIR standard, advancing data exchange through initiatives like 'SPL-on-FHIR' and 'PQ/CMC'.
The healthcare industry faces complex challenges due to outdated infrastructure and lack of interoperability. The article proposes leveraging Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) as a solution to overcome these legacy Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system issues, thereby improving patient care and efficiency.
In the US healthcare sector, FHIR development is driven by regulation, with a focus on the 'Prior Authorization Final Rule.' This rule mandates data access across patients, providers, and payers, requiring data sharing through multiple APIs.
This article points out that efforts utilizing FHIR in the US are primarily driven by regulations. Specifically, it suggests that federal rules concerning 'Prior Authorization' have a significant impact.
CitiusTech offers FHIR-based electronic Prior Authorization (EPA) solutions to help healthcare organizations improve operational efficiency and optimize costs. This addresses critical requirements for CMS compliance.
This article details the process of exporting medical data stored in FHIR format using Amazon Web Services (AWS) HealthLake. It provides practical implementation examples, including code samples for multiple programming languages such as CLI, Python (Boto3), and SAP ABAP.