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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 Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia.

At HEALTH - The Digital Leaders event, Helene Lengler of InterSystems, talks about the engagement with university hospitals within SMITH consortium to harness data stocks for research and the potential for international standards in Germany.

In addition to being a standard for exchanging healthcare data, FHIR is a community of people who aims to create a "public treasure" that we all own, says Grahame Grieve, FHIR product director for HL7 International.

The lack of interoperability and patients not owning their data are among the biggest obstacles to reimbursement, says Rob Lieberthal, principal of health economics at Mitre Corporation.

Dr. Donald Rucker, chief of the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology, discusses the US administration's ongoing rollout of the 21st Century Cures Act, and the opportunities it provides for health tech startups.

Daniel Stein, president of the Stewards of Change Institute, describes how his group is convening diverse industry stakeholders to tackle big challenges such as patient matching.

Ardy Arianpour, founder and CEO of Seqster, describes how his company's technology can collect users' EHR, DNA and wearables data, giving its customers the ability to share their health information on their terms.

Joshua Mandel, chief architect for Microsoft Healthcare, talks about the role of open community process and open source software development.

(Sponsored) Issues such as fragmented care and social determinants drive the need for interoperability when delivering healthcare to populations now and in the future, says David Hancock, healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems.

Mahmee co-founder and CEO Melissa Hanna describes her startup's work facilitating maternal care within the EHR.

Dr. Robert Pearl, author of "Mistreated," discusses lessons – from his years as a surgeon, Stanford professor and as CEO of at Kaiser Permanente – about ways the American healthcare system needs improvement and how technology can help make it happen.

Julian M. Goldman, medical director of biomedical engineering at Partners HealthCare System, explains the challenges of creating medical device interoperability and how hospitals and health organizations can pre-plan for cybersecurity attacks.