HIMSS has crafted a new definition for interoperability. HIMSS, the owner of Healthcare IT News, described the new concept as one specifically fit for the larger healthcare ecosystem. Senior Director ...

The Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act, or the DIGIT Act, reintroduced in the Senate (S 88), and as HR 686 in the House, is legislation that would promote the internet of ...

Interoperability is currently a hot topic in health care. Interoperability issues can impact all types of healthcare organizations, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and ASC management ...

Although many health IT vendors are joining CommonWell for interoperability, the definition of what interoperability will look like over the coming years is still somewhat vague. Since CommonWell’s ...

Measuring progress and addressing the roadblocks toward interoperability will be critical, as despite all the committments and best intentions, the goal has been elusive and we still don't have it.

As technologies continue to advance, organizations are managing increasingly complex tech stacks. According to a 2022 survey of IT and security professionals, organizations are now using an average of ...

Since its inception in the early 1980s, when TCP/IP became the standard for communication between networks, the Internet has been in a constant state of evolution. With each technological leap forward ...

The SIP Forum’s SIPconnect initiative is a multi-vendor effort to define SIP trunking interoperability standards to enable broad support between service provider and IP-PBX platforms. Recently the SIP ...

The rule on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) will be released early this fall. But even before it hits the street, the hefty law is having an impact. MACRA, designed to ...