Interoperability (192)

E-VAL Saúde Director Luis Gustavo Kiatake says Brazil is facing many of the problems common in other countries, notably interoperability, privacy, infrastructure, a large population and the combination of private and public health.

Brian Mack, manager of marketing and communications at Great Lakes Health Connect, explains why he gets frustrated about the concept of interoperability.

Putting AI to use in the clinical setting requires curated data, supercomputing infrastructure and the ability to model algorithms on neural networks, says Jörg Aumüller, head of digitalizing healthcare marketing, Siemens Healthineers.

Pew's HIT project director Ben Moscovitch says the tech can be used to foster interoperability but there are some key questions that need to be answered first, including ones about privacy and security.

HIMSS Vice President Tom Leary discusses how policy changes are advancing interoperability, as well as information blocking, innovation and potential changes to HIPAA.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf says interoperability is the cornerstone of advanced clinical decision support and knowledge management to fulfill the promise of patient engagement and consumer-directed exchange.

Dr. Tom Giannulli, CMIO of AMA’s Integrated Health Model Initiative, says data portability will be the next interoperability hurdle.

Tools exist to engage patients with their data in ways that create a good relationship with providers — when the technology doesn't get in the way, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at HIMSS.

Andrew Mellin, VP, Medical Informatics Physician at Surescripts, says his company's price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the clinical and economic best interests of the patient.

Christel Anderson, senior director of Interoperability Initiatives for HIMSS, talks about a HIMSS19 showcase that deals with topics, including data sharing, patient engagement, social determinants of health, that intersection with interoperability.

ResMed's VP of SaaS Strategy Annie McBride on how the organizations partner to enable clinicians to apply insights that help patients be more compliant.

Nick Knowlton, VP of strategic initiatives at Brightree on working with the CommonWell Health Alliance to enable patient-centric interoperability across the spectrum of care.