Interoperability (164)

Healthcare data is becoming more interoperable, liquid and usable across the ecosystem, says Amit Trivedi, director of Informatics & Health IT Standards at HIMSS.

The next step is adding a level of intelligence to find the important information in data, says Lyniate COO Scott Galbari.

The VA, Department of Defense and Coast Guard are developing the new single common medical record, which focuses on the patients, to be interoperable for providers in all facilities.

Without transparency, how can patients opt in as to how their information is being used? asks Nicole Neumarker, EVP of Development and Innovation for Cotiviti.

For many provider organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic shifted IT resources away from regular EHR upgrades. Douglas Herr, vice president of EHR services at DeliverHealth, offers advice for CIOs who are behind with their EHRs.

Two months since the ONC rules took effect, many health systems are still sorting out the IT and process changes they require. Mark Segal of Digital Health Policy Advisors offers an explainer and shares best practices to avoid looming penalties.

Rita Bowen, vice president of privacy, compliance and HIM policy at MRO, a clinical data workflow solutions company, discusses how proposed new rules can impact healthcare provider organizations.

CAQH Senior Vice President April Todd describes the council's new FHIR endpoint directory, and discusses challenges and opportunities as health plans get more used to API-based data exchange.

The ONC leader discusses the new information blocking rules, the value of FHIR and open APIs and how data exchange is evolving for a more robust public health response.

Digital infrastructure and interoperability have been key to Germany making significant progress in digital health and being recognized as a global leader in digitizing the patient journey, says Jörg Debatin, chairman of the Health Innovation Hub.

David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, discusses recent progress, what's on the Biden team's plate and ways healthcare organizations can take action now until true interoperability is a reality.

Dr. David Mendelson, vice chair of radiology IT at Mount Sinai, and Dave Cassel, executive director of Carequality, discuss how image sharing is finally advancing away from CD-ROMs and toward image-enabled personal health records.