
Insights from the minds at Cognosante

Addressing Complex Data Challenges Across the Healthcare System
One of the most complex data challenges in healthcare is interoperability. Data standards can improve the way we experience healthcare, but that means taking numerous stakeholders, multiple data standards, and transmission of large amounts of clinical and administrative data into consideration. During these emergent times of COVID-19 pandemic management, it’s critical to ensure data moves […]
PTSD Awareness: Part 2
To help build awareness around National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day, we sat down with Sergio Cortes, Cognosante’s Marketplace Services Desk Supervisor, to gather his thoughts on the effects of PTSD—a mental health issue that may develop in those who have experienced traumatic events. Cortes joined the Army National Guard when he was 17 years […]
PTSD Awareness: Part 1
June 27 marks National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day, a day devoted to generating awareness of PTSD—a mental health issue that may develop in those who have experienced traumatic events. We sat down with Steve Schliesman, Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) and vice president and general manager of Cognosante’s Military and Veterans Health business unit to […]
Advancing government Electronic Health Record software
Context The Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance’s (OSEHRA) mission is to build and support an open source community of users, developers, service providers, and researchers engaged in advancing electronic health record (EHR) software. The U.S. government supports OSEHRA in encouraging open source EHR-related software development from the private sector and other government agencies. Challenge Open […]
Enabling increased access to care for Veterans
Context Cognosante contracted with a U.S. government department which has a goal of providing eligible Veterans with the care they need at the right time, at the right place, from the right provider, which in some cases is a local community care provider. To meet this goal, they offer referrals to community providers and decrease […]