The benefits of data standardization within the social sector—and indeed just about any industry—are multiple, important, and undeniable. Access to the same type of data over time lends the ability to ...

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and the COMCARE Emergency Response Alliance outlined their shared vision for next generation emergency communications in a letter addressed to Denis ...

Standardization helps hospitals and health systems reduce costs and improve clinical outcomes, but in a survey conducted by Cardinal Health, 54 percent of healthcare professionals said their ...

Product standardization is a key method hospitals and health systems can use to improve efficiencies and cut supply chain costs. However, it must be approached strategically. One way healthcare ...

The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) standard which XBRL US supports is an open, nonproprietary data standard ...

As everyone involved in the retirement market space well knows, the Department of Labor’s April 6, 2016 fiduciary ruling threw the industry into some turmoil. The legislation requires anyone providing ...

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Recently, I interviewed the CIO of a large Midwestern healthcare system about its plans to become an accountable care organization. The healthcare system was installing a well-known electronic health ...

Getting a number of vendors to talk to each other, let alone align, is no easy feat. Adding academics and researchers does not necessarily make things easier. Now try adding to the mix a fragmented ...

Congress is offering up another bite at the data standards apple, introducing H.R.1530 – 115th Congress (2017-2018): Financial Transparency Act. Its purpose is “to amend securities, commodities, and ...