Interoperability (192)

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.

The interoperability problem cannot be solved by one company, but a modular approach through open standards can be achieved through cooperation with the global stakeholders, says Stefan Sauermann, program director of UAS Technikum Wien.

The American Medical Association launched the Integrated Health Model Initiative to bring unorganized data together for a collaborative validation process and Jesse Ehrenfeld, president-elect of the AMA, explains how they plan to do it.

Bettina Experton, MD, and CEO of Humetrix, talks about the history of CMS’s Blue Button project and how 53 million Americans covered by Medicare will now have access to their data through an API to ensure patient safety and interoperability.

(Sponsored) Dr. Lennart Jahnke, chief digital officer at Germany's University Medicine Mannheim, talks about a partnership with Siemens to give patients facing liver disease broad access to their health data.

(Sponsored) Dr. Lennart Jahnke, chief digital officer at Germany's University Medicine Mannheim, joins Siemens Healthineers to discuss ways to give patients easier access to their data.

Miguel González Sancho, who heads the eHealth, Well-being and Ageing unit at the European Commission, explains how digital health is empowering patients to have more input into their care.

Erik Gerritsen, secretary at the Dutch Ministry of Health, tells HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Charles Alessi, MD, about new plans to ensure healthcare providers are sharing their data.