Recognizing the importance of having standards for connectivity between health information exchanges (HIEs) and electronic health records (EHRs), ICA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the not-for-profit organization, New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), and joined the EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup. The EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup was initially started to address the interoperability issue in the [...]

Microsoft has entered into an agreement to integrate its personal healthcare record (PHR), HealthVault with an iPhone mobile application from iTriage®, a mHealth technology provider. This would facilitate iTriage users on iPhone to access their HealthVault account through the app.

Denver, Colorado-based TriZetto Group has acquired Arizona’s Medical Data Express (MDE), a provider of medical encounter data processing solutions, for an undisclosed amount. Through this acquisition, MDE’s applications will help augment and expand TriZetto’s managed Medicare and managed Medicaid solutions. In addition, this synergy would help fortify TriZetto’s ability to offer consumers a comprehensive, reliable, [...]

With a mission to promote interoperable, personal connected health products and services, the Continua Health Alliance has collaborated with Telecommunications Technology Associations (TTA) to set up a new Continua test lab at South Korea, for the certification of products released in the Asian market. In an interview with the Health IT NEWS.Direct! team, Kanghae Lee, [...]