Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending December 9: Shadow rulers of VA's EHR, CommonWell-Carequality connection, EMIS-X to share live GP data, Mass General and blockchain, phishing menace, IT glitch misses results, telehealth use low, patients opt in for test results, ResMed buys Propeller Health, info blocking decreasing
VA shadow rulers had sway over contracting and budgeting
ProPublica ~ Isaac Arnsdorf ~ 03/12/2018
Newly released emails about the three Trump associates who secretly steered the Department of Veterans Affairs show how deeply the trio was involved in some of the agency’s most consequential matters, most notably a multibillion-dollar effort to overhaul electronic health records for millions of veterans
KLAS: EHR vendors making significant progress with CommonWell, Carequality connection
Healthcare Informatics ~ Heather Landl ~ 04/12/2018
With the establishment of connectivity between CommonWell and Carequality, announced back in August, as well as other interoperability advancements by electronic health record (EHR) vendors, the ability to exchange patient records is within the reach of most acute care or clinic-based provider organizations, regardless of size or financial situation
