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Avoid Personal Health Data Interop Pitfalls by Demonstrating Device Standards Compliance
Feb 04, 2021
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) has released an update to its free Continua Test Tool (CTT), a valuable guidepost used to demonstrate to your customer that your medical device has properly implemented popular industry standards...
Patient Generated Health Data on FHIR – New Continua Design Guidelines to be Presented at HIMSS18
    Feb 13, 2018
This latest version of the Continua Design Guidelines is built on HL7 FHIR, enabling the secure, private, reliable and accurate sharing of patient...
Apple's Health Records App: A Ripple or A Roar?
    Feb 09, 2018
Last week, Apple made a big announcement that headlines and excited many in our industry. They have enlisted two of the largest medical records...
FCC Under Pressure to Boost Broadband Support for Rural Telemedicine
    Feb 09, 2018
The American Association of Family Physicians is the latest healthcare organization to lobby the FCC to increase funding for rural broadband, which...
PCHAlliance Supports Legislation to Extend Access to Digital Therapeutics
    Feb 09, 2018
On Friday, the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), along with HIMSS and 18 other organizations, signed and sent a letter to Congress...
Letter to Congress: Benefits of Digital Technologies to Health Care
    Feb 07, 2018
HIMSS, PCHAlliance -- along with other leading organizations, including the Alzheimer’s Association, American Heart Association and the Michael J....
Patient Experts Improve Design Thinking
    Jan 30, 2018
Design thinking. It’s a methodology that has driven the success of some of the biggest and best-known consumer brands – from Airbnb and Apple to...
Remote Patient Monitoring - The Need for Good Research Methodology
    Jan 25, 2018
Significant hype has been heard recently over analyses focusing on the lack of significant results in remote patient monitoring (RMP). A more careful...
Digital Tools Move the Needle on Quality of Life
    Jan 25, 2018
As healthcare providers, it's time to take a long, hard look at the role technology will play in helping our patients live not just longer lives...