Interoperability (192)

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.

Standardized datasets have required an acceleration of digital transformation and interoperable standards in particular, says Monica Jones, chief data officer for Health Data Research UK and executive lead for Yorkshire and Humber Care Record.

From electronic case reporting to PDMP to disaster response, Executive Director Jay Nakashima says he's optimistic as network architecture improves and public-private data sharing efforts make progress.

Big data is going to be transformative, as ONC and CMS rules move healthcare from a gated interaction to digitally transparent clinical care, says Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the ONC.

The global consortium for eHealth interoperability and the digital health indicators are just two success stories that have been introduced this year by HIMSS with the aim of improving healthcare, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.

Jonathan Weiner, professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses some of the data fundamentals necessary for effective AI and machine learning algorithms.

The presidential election has passed, but ongoing Senate races could have unforeseen impacts on healthcare IT, says Tom Leary, SVP of government relations at HIMSS.

With recent new momentum around finding more effective means of patient identity and matching, Verato CEO Mark LaRow discusses the challenges – and describes how the company's referential matching technology can help.

Marc Probst, longtime chief information officer at Intermountain Healthcare and new CIO at ELLKAY, also discusses the cost challenges facing healthcare now – and the IT innovation he sees emerging from the COVID-19 crisis.