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Interoperability

Understanding the impact of data and technology on European healthcare

7:30

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.

 

Presentation: How connectivity and interoperability can drive patient-centric care

(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.
 

How Cleveland Clinic is leveraging APIs to advance interoperability

HIMSS Innovator in Residence Adam Culbertson and Brent Hicks, senior director of clinical solutions at the Cleveland Clinic, discuss the opportunities and challenges to tying EHR data with new applications.
 

Globally open standards needed to improve patient care

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.
 

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.