By Peter S. Tippett, MD, PhD

From a Health IT standpoint, 2020 was off to a roaring start with hospitals already underway meeting Promoting Interoperability requirements. Hospital IT leadership was also anticipating the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule, which had been in the works for well over a year and was set to be finalized in March.

By Justin Sims

There are about 800K physicians in the United States and many data sources that contain information about each one: from specialties, to office locations and hospital affiliations, to contact information. While a physician’s specialties rarely change, contact information does—and it changes frequently.

By Edward Marx

In 1995, I landed my first role in healthcare technology as the director of physician information systems….Our smallish stand-alone hospital was in the fight for its life against the cross-town rival, who just happened to be part of a well-capitalized mega system. The Board agreed to an additional $1M in capital for IT to deploy a strategy to increase the hospital’s ability to enhance physician relationships via technology.

By Justin Sims

Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold, CMS published the Interoperability and Patient Access Rule. This regulation requires hospitals to send admission and discharge information to a patient’s PCP and other post-acute care providers. It is clear this is important to CMS.

By Peter S. Tippett, MD, PhD

In a recent article by Kim Huynh and Nazim Dzabic, the authors were spot on to say that changes are needed to empower patients with their health data. But empowering patients with data appropriate for them, and leveraging patients to enable interoperability between and among providers are two very different things.

Team careMESH Interview

This week, we learn more about careMESH employee #6, Victor Chatain. He is our Account Director and focuses on our maintaining a high level of service and rapport with our healthcare partners.

By Peter S. Tippett

The past several weeks have driven home how reliant we are on our complex healthcare system. As a doctor, I have long known this in my gut, but when the system is taxed to the extreme, we all begin to see the fragility of this critical industry.

By Peter S. Tippett

We all hear the same things: wash your hands, don't touch your face, stay at home, stay 6 feet away from others. Viruses live on boxes and plastic and door knobs and...EVERYWHERE. How does the average person decide what measures to follow unless they truly understand how these things work or have a clear set of “rules” they can abide by?

By Catherine Thomas

Early last week, on what was to be the first day of the HIMSS20 conference in Orlando, CMS published the Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule. careMESH has published an Advisory Note to help guide hospitals about the rule and other details in considering how they will meet the requirements for Patient Event Notifications.