Interoperability Helps Hospitals Improve Quality of Care
The healthcare industry’s shift from the traditional fee-for-service model to a value-based model has placed an increased emphasis on the quality of care delivery. For example, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have now implemented a quality payment incentive program that rewards value and outcomes in one of the following two manners: Merit-based Incentive […]
How Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Streamlined Management of Patient Records and Maximized Operational Efficiencies
Interoperability of the EMR with other essential hospital information systems is critical to ensure seamless communication and maintain a comprehensive patient record. Connecting this vast network of information sources requires the EMR to successfully integrate with a wide variety of disparate technology systems; however, this is often a challenge because not all systems can be […]
A Social Determinants Program Case Study
Pilot projects are popping up all over the U.S. to address what some call Whole Person Care. Essentially, we are talking about a physician driven but community wide approach for addressing a patient’s medical, behavioral and social needs. Northern Physicians Organization has implemented such a program using Iguana to support its case management platform shared […]
Building a Blueprint for a Social Determinants Program
The current drive for health care transformation has put increasing focus on the socioeconomic risks that impact our health. Underlying social risks such as insecurities around housing, food availability, transportation, employment and domestic safety, to name a few, influence a patient’s health far more than medical factors alone. Physicians can be the tip of the […]
Rushville Memorial Hospital: Adapting to New Healthcare Economies
Healthcare does not get more challenging than in rural communities. Small and socio-economically varied populations spread over large geographies already create a foundational challenge when it comes to healthcare. This challenge has been complicated further for hospitals under pressure to reduce readmissions and hospital stays while continuing to stay competitive. Adapting to new healthcare economies […]
IUC19 UPDATE: Videos and Exercises are now Available!
We are excited to announce that our IUC19 presentation videos and exercises have been released! We wanted to thank everyone again for attending this year’s conference making it our best yet! IUC19 featured two days of interactive presentations surrounding our theme of API-driven integration. These sessions were designed to educate, provide insights and offer actionable […]
EMR Integration using FHIR®
Last month, we hosted our 7th annual Iguana User Conference in Chicago. This year’s theme was centred around looking towards the future of healthcare interoperability specifically through API driven integration. Through several interactive presentations, our experts shared with our customers how APIs can help them adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare landscape. This week, we’ll […]
Let’s Talk Integration! – Scaling Integrations with APIs
On this week’s episode of Let’s Talk Integration!, your host, Teresa Fallico is joined by iNTERFACEWARE’s Integration Consultant, Paul Le, to recap his presentation talk at this year’s Iguana User Conference 2019 in Chicago! Paul Le explains the importance of understanding the challenges associated with scaling while sharing some insight on how to help overcome […]
Let’s Talk Integration! – IUC19 Recap!
On this week’s episode of Let’s Talk Integration, Stephanie Pozzebon, Digital Marketing Specialist at iNTERFACEWARE, speaks with our clients and customers at this year’s Iguana User Conference 2019 about what they thought of the event and their experiences during IUC19. In this episode, we have collaborated our client’s recordings into one podcast to help capture […]
Customer Success Story: APIs as an Integration Hub
Last week, we released a blog post called “Scaling Integrations with APIs,” where we discussed how an integration hub is a better alternative to several one-to-one connections, especially as organizations begin to scale. APIs can act as an integration hub as they provide simple endpoints to connect to and are simple, allowing you to make […]
