Weekly Roundup – September 23, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. ELLKAY Selected as CommonWell’s New Technical Service Provider. John sat down with leaders at ELLKAY and CommonWell to discuss how the organizations will be working together – primarily at the moment to support CommonWell’s QHIN efforts – and learn why data sharing entities are actually designed for seamless transitions to new service providers. Read more… Perspectives from the Oracle Health Conference. At this year’s event, now part of Oracle World, John learned about Oracle Health’s plans to go international, build a bridge between EHRs and ERPs, and transition Cerner infrastructure to the cloud. There was some discussion about AI, but it seems like Oracle Health is waiting to release something more than window dressing. Read more… Where Do We Need Less – or More – Healthcare IT Regulation? We asked the Healthcare IT Today community about the thorny topic of regulation. Respondents pointed to the challenges of onerous regulations around information blocking, prior authorization, and staffing mandates. At the same time, multiple respondents called for legislation to support a national patient identifier. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast: R...
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