Market dynamics and related business objectives have stimulated interest in Real-time Performance Management (RPM). Manufacturing software suppliers and several new RPM-focused suppliers have ...

The Federal Trade Commission has voiced support for the ONC’s interoperability goals but warned the agency that too much regulation could damage competition. In its formal comments on the ONC’s Shared ...

As the secure credentials industry is looking for ways to escape vendor lock-in and coalesce around standards that allow interoperability, the nature of these standards and what they offer becomes of ...

As with most technology development, it takes time for standards to evolve, but agencies might consider turning to emerging technologies to help with interoperability and data-sharing challenges.

Several recent announcements have given me cause to think about open standards and interoperability. Last month Microsoft and Novell announced they would work together on Web services-based management ...

Black Book (R) Q4 2025 flash survey finds behavioral health, post-acute, public health, and CBO connectivity still heavily manual, with fees (59%), immature APIs (52%), and slow onboarding (46%) cited ...

The digital unit of the healthcare system, NHSX, has published its plan with a set of five priorities for advancing on the standards and interoperability agenda. Commenting on the complexities and ...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has entered into a cooperative agreement with Integrating the Health Enterprise USA to jointly advance interoperability goals. Together, ONC and ...

Interoperability of different Web services specifications came closer to fruition with this week’s release of the Basic Profile 1.0 by the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization. Covering ...

Interoperability is becoming the most sought-after in healthcare, but needs further standardization. A few days ago, Walgreens announced a new deal with Epic Systems, joining numerous health systems ...

NHSx, the digital unit for the NHS, has outlined how it plans to govern interoperability and standards across the healthcare system. NHSX, the central digital unit for the National Healthcare Service, ...