Health IT Analytics October 1, 2018
Steven Posnack explains how FHIR is taking hold as the industry eagerly awaits the ONC’s proposals to tackle data blocking and other interoperability concerns.
Healthcare organizations that have been looking for a way to spark widespread, seamless health data exchange may have finally found their fuel in FHIR.
Adoption of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources has spread like…well, you know…across an industry that has been anxiously seeking the interoperability capabilities to support pay-for-performance reimbursement, population health management, and new strategies for reducing costs.
Close to 80 percent of hospitals and MIPS eligible clinicians are currently using health IT tools that have FHIR capabilities, according to a new blog post from officials at the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC),...