While provider customers were largely satisfied with their vendors' response to COVID-19, the report finds some major players stand out and others fall short.
The 300-plus members of the Vaccination Credential Initiative announced earlier this month that the verifiable, interoperable vaccination record technology they ve been working on since January should be generally available in May.
WHY IT MATTERS Effective vaccination credentials – don t call them vaccine passports – depend on an equitable and privacy-preserving approach to verifiable data sharing – enabling vaccinated individuals to show proof (in digital or paper form) for safe return to school, work, travel and public events.
The Vaccination Credential Initiative has steadily added health and technology organizations over the past four months, each working to innovate and expand easy digital access to vaccination records.
Alex Green, Director at Signify Research | HIT Consultant Contributor
Alex Green is the Director and Principal Analyst at Signify Research, a UK-based market research firm focusing on health IT, digital health, and medical imaging. Alex is responsible for leading Signify Research’s Digital Health market intelligence portfolio, initially developing its coverage of the patient engagement platforms and portals market
Alex Green, Director at Signify Research
Alex Green is the Director and Principal Analyst at Signify Research, a UK-based market research firm focusing on health IT, digital health, and medical imaging. Alex is responsible for leading Signify Research’s Digital Health market intelligence portfolio, initially developing its coverage of the patient engagement platforms and portals market
WOMBA continues to expand the geographic reach of its digital medical record retrieval solution via new partnerships with the nation s top health information exchanges.
New York, New York (PRUnderground) April 9th, 2021
WOMBA, LLC, one of the nation’s leading HIPAA-compliant medical data sharing providers is pleased to announce its collaboration with Lewis And Clark Information Exchange (“LACIE”) – a non-profit health information exchange representing millions of patients, from both Kansas and Missouri and with an extensive array of interconnections ranging from small independent physician practices to large academic medical centers as well as several of the nation’s preeminent EMRs including Allscipts, Epic, InterComponentWare, Amazing Charts, GE Centricity, Meditech, AthenHealth, Glostream, Misys, Cerner, gMed, NextGen, CommChart, Greenway, Praxis, CPSI, Healthvision, Prognosis, eClinicalWorks, iMED Corp, Sage, SuccessEHS, Ingenious Med, Sage intergy, e-MDs, Sieme
What You Should Know:
– MEDITECH recently announced Expanse Patient Connect, powered by WELL Health, a contemporary, mobile solution enabling bidirectional, communication between healthcare organizations and their patients. Available through the MEDITECH Cloud Platform, the solution leverages WELL Health’s automated patient interaction functionality to improve provider efficiency and keep patients and their families connected to their care in the most convenient way possible.
– Expanse Patient Connect and its integration with WELL Health uses EHR appointment data to automatically send patients routine reminders, instructions, and follow-up messages in 19 languages, empowering staff to communicate with more patients by eliminating language barriers. Avoiding manual and repetitive work ensures clinicians remain focused on the patient experience and providing a frictionless interaction.