Interoperability

The Singapore-based technology company has been working with the UAE airline since March, tracking passengers on flights from Singapore to Abu Dhabi. 

Azure Healthcare APIs let users input health data and map it to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource to be searched, shared or managed.

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

Clinical communication tool used in the NHS saved patient photos on smartphones.

The feature lets patients share their user-generated data with clinicians and family members. The team at Cerner says this is one step toward patients controlling their data. 

Its digital health solutions use blockchain technology for data security.

The new legislation is intended to improve the safety of medical devices. 

CAQH Senior Vice President April Todd describes how the council's new FHIR endpoint directory helps with the implementation of the CMS and ONC interoperability rules.

In addition to its investment, Sixth Street Growth principal Lee Mooney has joined DrFirst’s board of directors.   

The ONC chief touches on the new information blocking rules, FHIR, open APIs and how data exchange is evolving for a more robust public health response.