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With a single authentication, iPhone owners whose providers use DrChrono's OnPatient will be able to consolidate their records within Apple's PHR.

You start to see real benefits when you have that embodiment of technology fully embedded in the workflow, says Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, chief medical information officer at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Jessica Sweeney-Platt, vice president of research and editorial strategy at athenahealth, says poor health IT usability can lead to burnout and shares what kinds of usability efforts are needed to fight stress.

Cerner's Hans Buitendijk, EHRA executive committee chair, and Foothold's David Bucciferro, committee vice chair, share how the association's COVID-19 Task Force is working with provider customers.

At HIMSS20 Digital, Eugene Kogan, chief technical officer of the Center for Healthcare Informatics and Analytics in St. Petersburg, Russia, talks hurdles and wins of moving toward continuous care. 

CMS-regulated payers will begin supporting HL7 FHIR APIs next year, allowing third-party developers to include claims data and other patient health information in their apps.

Clinical leadership, government support and financial resources are central to driving digital transformation and attaining HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7, says Dr. Aziz Ahmet Surel, coordinator chief physician at Ankara City Hospital in Turkey.

A successful EMR roll out requires that physician champions are identified and trained along with careful planning, says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, KSA.

Estonia's citizens have full access to how their data is used in managing their healthcare, which helps ensure trust remains high between the appropriate stakeholders, says Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the country's Ministry of Social Affairs.