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Interoperability

How health apps are chipping away at interoperablity hurdles

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Dan Gottleib, who leads the Smart Health IT project at Boston Children's, and Verily's Josh Mandel talk about FHIR, SMART and the concept of "substitute ability" as a means to improve interoperability.

 

Consumers – not providers – will have the power to ensure interoperability

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.
 

A gold-medal idea: Bringing interoperability to Olympic host cities

Michael Nusbaum of the HIMSS Olympic Healthcare Interoperability Initiative is leading the effort to bring connected healthcare to the Olympics by leveraging international standards.
 

The road to Dev4Health and a new map for innovation

Health 2.0 EVP Indu Subaiya and co-founder Matthew Holt lay out the evolution of their organization and highlight new research into emerging trends in healthcare innovation.
 

The Dutch Ministry of Health is taking a hard stance on interoperability

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.