Health Information Exchange

Healthcare provider standing in a hallway looking at a tablet next to a giant window
By  Jessica Hagen 11:31 am August 29, 2023
Analytics and market research platform Trilliant Health announced its National Provider Directory will now be publicly available and accessible via an API.  The organization's directory contains information on 2.7 million U.S. providers with over 65 million novel and proprietary data points, including provider affiliations, practice locations and practicing specialty.  Basic access to the API...
Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, intellectual property attorney, immunologist and member of the law firm Mintz
By  Jessica Hagen 12:52 pm August 11, 2023
Artificial intelligence and large language model use have grown within healthcare, and questions arise about who can claim ownership of the intellectual property associated with solutions developed utilizing these emerging technologies.  Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, intellectual property attorney, immunologist and member of the law firm Mintz, established the Life Sciences Artificial Intelligence...
A diagram detailing the flow and use of data on Fujitsu's latest cloud-based health data platform
By  Adam Ang 04:45 am March 29, 2023
Japanese ICT provider Fujitsu has unveiled a new cloud-based platform that allows the secure collection, storage, and leverage of health and health-related data. HOW IT WORKS Based on Microsoft Azure, the new platform features automatic conversion of medical data from EMR systems to conform with current HL7 FHIR standards for easy utilisation and data exchange.  It also allows the secure...
By  Adam Ang 12:38 am February 23, 2022
While a number of businesses were scrambling to protect themselves from the profound changes caused by the global pandemic, New Zealand's Orion Health was just in the process of releasing a timely solution that would help support overwhelmed health systems. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The health IT provider had to delist from the bourses of Australia and New Zealand in March 2019 and restructure its business...
Instructions on integrating health data from Omron to the DA platform
By  Adam Ang 01:14 am December 6, 2021
Omron Healthcare, maker of health monitoring and therapy devices in Japan, has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based telehealth startup Doctor Anywhere. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Under the partnership, Omron will enable the sharing of health records tracked on its connected devices with the DA platform. The integration involves the following Omron health monitoring devices: OMRON Smart...
A doctor scrolling through a tablet
By  Adam Ang 04:16 am September 8, 2021
Sydney-based firms Synapse Medical Services, an automated clinical coding tool provider, and EBM Analytics, a clinical research consultant, have recently collaborated to integrate their technologies. WHAT THEY DO Aside from clinical coding, Synapse also offers a transcription service and an app-based online medical billing system. It also runs the healthcare training organisation, Australian...
person holding a phone while using a mHealth app
By  Mallory Hackett 12:37 pm June 18, 2021
As consumer health apps continue to increase in popularity, so do experts’ fears over user privacy. A new study published in the BMJ that analyzed more than 20,000 medical, health and fitness apps suggests that these apps have "serious problems" related to privacy and data collection. "Our results show that the collection of personal user information is a pervasive practice in mHealth apps, and...
By  Adam Ang 10:45 pm June 14, 2021
Singaporean health tech firm Smarter Health and Health Catalyst, a US-based provider of healthcare data analytics solutions, have formed a strategic partnership to help reduce waste across Southeast Asia's healthcare ecosystem by providing efficient data exchange between stakeholders as well as data-driven insights. In an interview with MobiHealthNews, the companies said their combination...
Apple Health sharing
By  Laura Lovett 11:36 am June 11, 2021
Earlier this week, Apple announced a new health sharing feature that gives patients the reins in sharing consumer-generated health data with their doctors, family and friends. Apple has been working on giving patients more access to their data for years. In 2018, the company rolled out Health Records on iOS, which aggregates existing user-generated data in their Health app with data from their...
NHS Scotland, COVID-19 vaccination
By  Sara Mageit 07:06 am May 21, 2021
PROXIMIE COMPLETES PILOTS WITH VODAFONE 5G AT WELSH HOSPITAL London-based health technology company focused on digitising operating rooms, Proximie, has partnered with Vodafone to pilot the use of 5G in the areas of remote assistance and training in cancer care. The first successful pilots took place in University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough last week. Proximie's platform...