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BridgeHead signs TechUK Interoperability Charter
As of Friday, BridgeHead Software has officially signed up to TechUK’s Health and Social Care Interoperability Charter – an initiative designed to realise a vision for ‘Making Integrated Care Happen’ across the UK healthcare system. As one of the first wave of vendors...
Healthcare data standards – for the ‘common’ good
This story in Digital Health earlier this year got me thinking about the word ‘common’ in a bit more detail and its relevance and importance to the UK healthcare market, especially regarding the use and adoption of data standards to facilitate interoperability. The...
BridgeHead Invests in the Future Supporting Young Talent
I’ve been asked to write this blog and, as many people who know me at BridgeHead will testify, I can usually talk about something for hours before getting to the point – let’s see if I can steer this in a sensible direction! I have been with BridgeHead for 2 years...
Resolving medical imaging workflows within an enterprise imaging strategy
By Mark Blair - President and CEO of Laurel Bridge Software As I participate in discussions about enterprise imaging strategies, I consistently hear the following goals being targeted, in no particular order: Simplify management of clinical information and technology...
Why Data Interoperability Is Key to Meaningful Use
By Tim Kaschinske In late March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed rule for Meaningful Use, Stage 3. The mantra for Meaningful Use Stage 3 is to “Simplify and Streamline” by building toward program milestones, reducing...
It’s Time to Retire the VNA
By Jamie Clifton In his May 1 blog, Time to Retire the term “VNA”?, Joe Marion, Founder and Principal of Healthcare Integration Strategies, makes a sound case for abolishing an outdated term, VNA or Vendor Neutral Archive. While I agree with much of Joe’s argument,...
Interoperability Upgrade for MEDITECH Systems
At this week’s MUSE Conference in Nashville, BridgeHead Software is announcing the MEDITECH Interoperability Campaign, a new program designed to help MEDITECH Hospitals to achieve true data interoperability by quickly and cost-effectively upgrading to the BridgeHead...
BridgeHead proves its HDM Solution’s XDS capabilities at IHE Connectathon 2015
BridgeHead Software has successfully completed the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon 2015 held in Cleveland, Ohio with its Healthcare Data Management (HDM) Solution, which incorporate its HealthStore® vendor neutral archive (VNA)....
A catalyst for change…
By Jim Beagle, President & CEO, BridgeHead Software In January, we announced that our customer Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (QE Gateshead) in the UK had completed the final phase of an image migration project to our HealthStore® VNA and gone live with a...
Making the EMR/EPR More Efficient With Better Access to the Patient Record
By Jamie Clifton With every healthcare solution we deliver, BridgeHead provides support or service to the provision of the Electronic Medical/Patient Record (EMR/EPR). The question is: why does the EMR need BridgeHead’s help or support? As the EMR becomes ubiquitous,...
What are your obsolete applications costing you?
By Tony Cotterill As IT adoption grew within healthcare, it happened at different speeds and without a clear lead from the IT department. Many departments ‘grew their own’ applications. In fact, Radiology, in many hospitals, grew its IT infrastructure faster than the...
The Road to an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure
This January BridgeHead Software will participate in the MUSE 2015 Executive Institute, which will focus on the topic: “Achieving an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure.” Much of the upcoming conference will key off of a recent paper from the Office of the...
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