Epatients: The Hackers of the Healthcare World
I help build open source software tools that patients can use to have greater control and influence over their own healthcare (like the Direct Project and Your Doctors Advice). As as result, I've...
View ArticleDiscussion Flows At YourTurn Sessions
New this year at the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, YourTurn has a democratic spirit. It's a collaborative series of free-flowing 45-minute forums where hosts and attendees are on equal...
View ArticleDirect Project Secure Email powered by phiMail™ available for OpenEMR
EMR Direct, a leading developer of software for the secure exchange of Protected Health Information (PHI) over the Internet, today announced the integration of its phiMail Direct messaging platform...
View ArticleDirect Project Reaches Consensus on Trust Framework
On Friday September 22, 2011, members of the Direct Project Rules of the Road workgroup reached consensus on a key component of the trust framework necessary to make Direct exchange expand nationally...
View ArticleDirect Project Gathers Steam, Finalizes Protocol
More than 60 healthcare and health IT organizations, including state-based and private sector health information exchanges, leading IT vendors, and several leading integrated delivery systems, are...
View ArticleDirect Project facilitates Health Information Exchange between States
Two of the nation's largest health information exchanges are now exchanging Direct messages across state borders, officials announced Tuesday.Read more in the full article.read more
View ArticleDirect Lab Transaction Guide Offered
Federal officials have issued guidance on how to exchange lab test results using the Direct Project secure messaging protocol.Read more in the full article.read more
View ArticleConsumers Could Get Lab Test Results Themselves Under New Proposed Rule
President Obama has proclaimed this the first ever national health information technology week, and under a proposed new rule being issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients...
View ArticleCommentary: A 4-step Approach To Interoperability
...While Meaningful Use is an important step for enabling greater adoption of EHRs, it doesn’t provide specifics around the functional use of this data across multiple platforms to improve care. That’s...
View ArticleCHIME Time: Hitting the wall on meaningful use
However, these recent events pale compared with the energy and attention we're giving to achieve Stage 2 meaningful-use incentives for electronic health-record systems. We are discovering vendor...
View ArticleAutomated Blue Button, Patient Engagement Are Health Camp Hot Topics
At HealthCamp Boston, patients and patient advocates took over the health information discussion, reciting "e-Patient Dave" deBronkart's 3-year-old mantra: "Gimme my damn data."Read more in the full...
View ArticleAssessment Released Of Health Information Exchanges (Part 2 of 2)
The previous installment of this article talked about the survivability of HIEs, drawing on a report released under ONC auspices. This installment delves into some other interesting aspects of...
View ArticleAlmost 30 States Using Open Source Direct Project to Exchange Data
In nearly 30 states across the nation—with a dozen more to go live this summer—doctors and hospitals can now share patient health information electronically and securely to support safe care...
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VA Joins NATE and the Blue Button for Consumers (NBB4C) Trust Bundle
National Association for Trusted Exchange June 9, 2016Original URLThe National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE) today welcomed its newest member, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)....
View ArticleDirect Project
The Direct Project develops specifications for a secure, scalable, standards-based way to establish universal health addressing and transport for participants (e.g. providers, laboratories, hospitals,...
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