Health IT Analytics April 2, 2015
The CommonWell Health Alliance is continuing to make its mark as a leader towards EHR interoperability with two significant announcements: the appointment of its first Executive Director, Jitin Asnaani, and the expansion of its membership rolls to include additional EHR and clinical systems vendors.
Despite an ongoing tiff with Epic Systems over membership costs, privacy, and even the basic necessity of bringing the vendor community together under one roof to solve pressing EHR interoperability concerns, CommonWell has positioned itself as one of the most notable non-governmental efforts to improve health information exchange and care coordination for patients.
Yesterday, CommonWell announced the addition of five new members, including Kareo, MEDITECH, Merge, PointClickCare, and Surgical Information Systems (SIS). They join industry mainstays...