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8 02, 2016

CommonWell Services: Improving the Frontlines of Interoperability

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:27-06:00

Like many buzz words, health care “interoperability” can have multiple meanings. For me, it’s quite simple – it’s about making our personal consumer health care interactions more like other seamless, real-time, easy experiences we have in our life. The latest video from CommonWell Health Alliance compares the CommonWell Services’ journey to create nationwide interoperability to the search engine evolution in improving the usability of the internet. It’s exciting to see where we are headed – and made me reflect on my own experiences with health information exchange. I recently got a personal glimpse into the current status quo when I needed to have my medical information from three different facilities shared with a new specialist in a different state. I had three different experiences: Facility #1: I emailed an electronic [...]

CommonWell Services: Improving the Frontlines of InteroperabilityCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:27-06:00

4 03, 2015

CommonWell Turns Two! Making Nationwide Interoperability a Reality

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:35-06:00

March 4th marks a key milestone – Two years ago on this date, five CEOs of some of the largest Health IT companies decided to work together to break down barriers to nationwide data exchange. This dedication to the common good paved the way for health care interoperability. CommonWell Health Alliance proves that collaboration and dedication drives innovation and real-world results to solve one of the health care industry’s most challenging issues. In just 2 years, it’s incredible to think about the progress that we’ve made in making nationwide data exchange a reality: Our membership has tripled In 12 months, we built and launched working interoperability services: Patient Identification & Linking Record Locator & Retrieval Patient Access, Privacy & Consent Management Trusted Data Access 5 member organizations are deploying the [...]

CommonWell Turns Two! Making Nationwide Interoperability a RealityCommonWell2023-01-31T04:35:35-06:00

22 05, 2014

Meet Susan: How CommonWell is Helping Us All, as Patients

CommonWell2023-01-31T04:37:11-06:00

Health care. To those of us in the industry, the term implies many complexities. For patients, the issues may be complex, but the questions are simple: “How can I get well? And how can I stay well?” Everyone has a personal story—and his or her own challenges —when it comes to the complexity of the health care system. Yet, we know that such challenges are better addressed when patient health records can be accessed and shared quickly, easily and securely across settings of care. This is exactly what CommonWell has set out to achieve. The benefits of CommonWell services may not be immediately visible from the outside, but so much of what we do is focused on the patient. By making health records accessible to everyone who needs them, when [...]

Meet Susan: How CommonWell is Helping Us All, as PatientsCommonWell2023-01-31T04:37:11-06:00