Healthcare IT News October 3, 2018
Mike Miliard

Thanks to 21st Century Cures Act requirements, private-sector innovation from companies such as Apple and many other factors, the US “might be at a turning point when it comes to the adoption and implementation” of HL7’s FHIR standard, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Why it matters?

Almost four years after the launch of the HL7’s Argonaut Project – which convened Epic, Cerner, Mayo Clinic, Intermountain and others to create a framework to speed development and deployment of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources – the specification seems to be reaching critical mass, potentially pointing to huge innovations for interoperability in the US.

What is the impact?

In a blog post, ONC’s Steven Posnack and Wes Barker...

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