Achieving nationwide interoperability means navigating legal and market-based barriers. The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices has published a road map to assist governors and state leaders in advancing policies for the safe exchange of patient information between providers.

In a Dec. 16 letter to CMS, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) discussed the need for 2017 to be a transition year with the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). CHIME expressed hoped CMS would lengthen the timeline for the industry's MACRA transition into 2018.

H. Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), will be retiring at the end of 2017. 

Most people don’t realize the risks to privacy and security posed by wearable devices. A report by researchers at American University and the Center for Digital Democracy includes recommendations and explanations for the primary concerns associated with wearable technologies.

Chicago-based Rush Health announced in a statement this week its adoption of the InterSystems HealthShare interoperability platform for collaborative care coordination. The new software will help Rush implement a private health information exchange (HIE).

There have been more mumps outbreaks in 2016, particularly on college campuses, than in decade prior, alarming the medical community and the government.

Connected devices, meant to improve patient outcomes, are able to be turned against those they were meant to help, all thanks to hackers. Now, the healthcare system is struggling to keep such devices safe.

New research from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York shows that the electronic prescribing of certain high-risk medications to elderly patients could contribute to the likelihood of them falling.