Healthcare Technology Blog

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Podcast: The Dirty Truth About Interoperability

Posted by Zac Jiwa on Jul 31, 2018 3:46:22 PM

Can you believe that I actually said we should make interoperability obsolete?

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Topics: Austin, Healthcare Technology, Digital Health, Fhir, Innovation, Hl7, Health Technology, Integration

Don’t yell FHIR in a hospital… yet.

Posted by Richard Bagdonas on Nov 30, 2016 12:00:00 AM

The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource standard, commonly referred to as FHIR (pronounced “fire”) has a lot of people in the healthcare industry hopeful for interoperability between the electronic health record (EHR) systems and external systems — enabling greater information sharing.

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Topics: Healthcare, Fhir, Hl7, Health Technology, Integration

Health Tech Draft — Week 2

Posted by Richard Bagdonas on Aug 24, 2016 12:00:00 AM

This week’s 2016 Health Tech Draft includes special guest Kerry Rupp former CEO of Dreamit Ventures and current General Partner of True Wealth Ventures. Kerry identifies her top pick of the week and talks about health data breaches and consumer healthcare apps such as EverlyWell.

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Topics: Healthcare, Draft, Health Technology

Health Tech Draft — Week 1

Posted by Richard Bagdonas on Aug 24, 2016 12:00:00 AM

This week’s 2016 Health Tech Draft includes special guest Zac Jiwa former Innovation Fellow of Dept. HHS. Zac identifies his top pick of the week.

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Topics: Draft, Health Technology

Medical transcription is still in the 1980's

Posted by Richard Bagdonas on Aug 22, 2016 12:00:00 AM

I went to the hospital today because I broke a toe on my left foot. My doctor was able to buddy tape the toe in mere minutes and yet my medical record at the hospital won’t be updated for over a month. How is this even possible in today’s modern world of medicine?

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Topics: Healthcare, Transcription Service, Health Technology