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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.
Brendan Lovelock, health practice lead at Cisco Systems, talks about the challenge of linking the enormous amount of data generated by EMRs as well as consumer and enterprise devices in the same clinical space.
We must consider cross-border interoperability between healthcare systems, which would also enable benchmarking – especially in the US and the Nordics, says Finnish-based Janne Pitkänen, CEO of Adusso Ltd.
CMMI Director Adam Boehler details new interoperability rules from CMS and the ONC.
FHIR product director for HL7 International Grahame Grieve says FHIR is key to interoperability and better data access.
The interoperability discussion moves beyond technology to cover policy and process, says Steve Wretling, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at HIMSS.