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Supply Chain Interoperability

RFID, Automated Dispensing, and the Self-Counting Supply Room

The interoperable supply room counts itself. RFID tags, automated dispensing cabinets, and standards-based feeds turn par-level guesswork into real-time data. Here’s the tech...

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30 May 2026
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Telehealth & Remote Monitoring Equipment

HIPAA at the Home Edge: Securing Telehealth Equipment Outside the Hospital

Interoperability doesn’t stop at the hospital door. When telehealth tablets and RPM peripherals go h...

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Connected & Smart Medical Devices

A Health IT Buyer’s Checklist for Vetting Connected-Device Vendors

AzHeC built its reputation convening providers around standards. We apply that discipline to procure...

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Connected & Smart Medical Devices

Why a Consumer Tablet Fails at the Bedside (and What Medical-Grade Fixes)

It looks identical and costs a fifth as much — so why not put a consumer tablet on the cart? Infecti...

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Telehealth & Remote Monitoring Equipment

Anatomy of an RPM Kit: What to Standardize Before You Scale Remote Monitoring

Remote patient monitoring lives or dies on the kit you ship home. Standardize the tablet, the periph...

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e-Prescribing & Pharmacy Supply

EPCS and the Pharmacy Shelf: How e-Prescribing Reshaped Supply Demand

AzHeC’s eRx initiative helped move Arizona prescribers off the paper pad. The ripple effect reached...

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Supply Chain Interoperability

How UDI Turns a Recall Into a Search Query — and a Purchasing Policy

A device recall used to mean binders and phone trees. With Unique Device Identification flowing thro...

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Supply Chain Interoperability

HL7 and FHIR Aren’t Just for Charts: Standards for Purchase Orders and Inventory

Clinicians know HL7 from lab results and ADT feeds. Materials managers should know it too: the same...

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Interoperability & The Network

Network by the Numbers, Revisited: What Connected Devices Add to the HIE

AzHeC once measured The Network by participants and transactions. Today every smart pump, monitor, a...

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Health IT

From the Health IT Roadmap to the Stockroom: Why Interoperability Now Owns Supply Chain

When Arizona Health-e Connection published its Health IT Roadmap, the goal was a connected record. A...

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Press Releases

AZHEC Transparency Report Announcement

This is a placeholder press release. AZHEC uses this category for official announcements about the o...

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Resources

How to Use the AZHEC Resource Library

Resources are the practical companions to our articles — checklists, downloadable guides, and refere...

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