--- title: "The BZ Blog: Healthcare Interoperability Round" description: At BookZurman, we’ve hand-selected recent articles our team agrees are worth a quick read affecting the world of healthcare interoperability. image: https://www.bookzurman.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Drug%20users%20smoking%20and%20taking%20some%20pills.jpeg --- ![Book Zurman, Inc | Healthcare IT Solutions](https://www.bookzurman.com/hubfs/logos/BookZurman%20SVG%20Logos/BZ-logo-tagline-RGB-leftalign.svg) [![Book Zurman, Inc | Healthcare IT Solutions](https://www.bookzurman.com/hubfs/logos/BookZurman%20SVG%20Logos/BZ-logo-tagline-RGB-leftalign.svg "Book Zurman, Inc | Healthcare IT Solutions")](https://www.bookzurman.com/) - Healthcare Solutions - By Sector - [Private](https://www.bookzurman.com/private-sector-healthcare-it-systems) - [Federal](https://www.bookzurman.com/public-health-it-systems) - By Solution - [Informatics Architecture](https://www.bookzurman.com/healthcare-data-solutions) - [Clinical Decision Support](https://www.bookzurman.com/clinical-decision-support-tools) - [Standards and Interoperability](https://www.bookzurman.com/interoperability-in-healthcare) - [Care Coordination](https://www.bookzurman.com/care-management-solutions) - [Consulting](https://www.bookzurman.com/healthcare-it-consulting-services) - [Blog](https://www.bookzurman.com/blog) - About Us - [About BZ](https://www.bookzurman.com/about) - [Partners](https://www.bookzurman.com/healthcare-standards-community-partners) - [Contact Us](https://www.bookzurman.com/contact-us) [GET INDEPENDENT ADVICE](https://www.bookzurman.com/get-independent-advice) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # The BZ Blog: Healthcare Interoperability Round [BookZurman](https://www.bookzurman.com/blog/author/bookzurman) 2019-07-01 ![](https://www.bookzurman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Drug%20users%20smoking%20and%20taking%20some%20pills.jpeg?width=1600&height=1600&name=Drug%20users%20smoking%20and%20taking%20some%20pills.jpeg) ![Drug users smoking and taking some pills](https://www.bookzurman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Drug%20users%20smoking%20and%20taking%20some%20pills.jpeg?width=1000&name=Drug%20users%20smoking%20and%20taking%20some%20pills.jpeg) With so much evolving in healthcare and technology, it’s hard to keep up. That’s why we’ve hand-selected recent articles our team agrees are worth a quick read affecting the world of healthcare interoperability. - **[CMS offering $50M in grants to help state Medicaid programs tackle opioid epidemic](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/cms-offering-50m-grants-to-help-state-medicaid-programs-tackle-opioid-epidemic)** - **[Tracking Drugs on Blockchain: How Significant Is Walmart and IBM's New Collaboration?](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tracking-drugs-blockchain-significant-walmart-065700473.html?guccounter=1)** - **[The Hidden Cost of GoFundMe Health Care](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/01/the-perverse-logic-of-gofundme-health-care)** - **[Google accused of inappropriate access to medical data in potential class-action lawsuit](https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18760935/google-medical-data-lawsuit-university-of-chicago-2017-inappropriate-access)** - **[Whistleblower says VA ordered fake appointments to cut waiting list](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whistleblower-says-va-ordered-fake-appointments-to-cut-waiting-list/2019/06/26/97e50648-9856-11e9-a027-c571fd3d394d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.233c78747460)** - **[Electronic Health Records at 26 Hospitals Hit by Two-Hour Outage](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-21/electronic-health-records-at-26-hospitals-hit-by-two-hour-outage)** - **[USING AI TO HELP STROKE VICTIMS WHEN 'TIME IS BRAIN'](https://www.wired.com/story/using-ai-to-help-stroke-victims-when-time-is-brain/)** - **[Enterprise architects as digital transformers](https://www.cio.com/article/3284475/enterprise-architects-as-digital-transformers.html)** **Connect the Dots with BookZurman** BookZurman’s team of multidisciplinary, highly specialized experts continue to drive progress and innovation in the healthcare IT community. 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