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Dr. Larry Allen, the medical director of advanced heart failure at University of Colorado School of Medicine, describes why advancements in EHR technologies should be exciting the health industry.

Providing the healthcare workforce with resources to understand technology to deliver better care is an integral part of the national digital health strategy, says Dr Meredith Makeham, chief medical adviser at the Australian Digital Health Agency.

Data being made available at the point of care and in a timely fashion is becoming a reality with the ability to have an agreed data structure and content through FHIR, says Dr Vincent McCauley, CMO and CMIO at Telstra Health.

(Sponsored) Interoperability with existing or new systems is a common concern for healthcare providers that Hyland's suite of vendor-agnostic solutions can address, says Peter Weston, healthcare sales manager at Hyland Healthcare.

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.