This afternoon, Surescripts announced that its subsidiary, Kryptiq, will be taken private via a...
Information Blocking Laws — Ready, Shoot, Aim
Interference The most straightforward definition of interoperability we have heard so far is from...
A Layer Above it All: Healtheway’s Value Prop
Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder...
Making Sense of the NHIN
The National Health Information Network (NHIN), which was the previous ONC head's (Kolodner) top...
Consumer Consent and HIEs
One of the thornier issues regarding the establishment of public Health Information Exchanges...
Blumenthal Beats HITECH Drum
Yesterday, David Blumenthal published a very thoughtful post on the HITECH Act as a foundation for...
CONNECT: The Feds Answer to Health Info Exchange
The feds are beating the CONNECT drum. This week, ONC sponsored a two-day event in DC to begin...
More on Feds’ Privacy Framework for Consumer Health Records
The online publication, NextGov has a good article that further outlines the new privacy framework...
Why HIEs Succeed and RHIOs Languish
Back at the beginning of the year, I did a Top Ten Predictions post where one of the predictions...