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Dr. Tom Giannulli, CMIO of AMA’s Integrated Health Model Initiative, says data portability will be the next interoperability hurdle.
At the HIMSS26 Europe Interoperability Showcase, presenters traced the journey of "Sofia," a Swedish cancer patient who has moved to Denmark, and showed how clinicians in both countries can easily and safely access her medical history.
The challenge is having that information flow be more proactive, says Dr. Steven Lane, CMO of Health Gorilla.
Business associates vetted for the CMS Medicare App Library must still consider their third-party risk requirements, says Scott Stuewe of DirectTrust. However, vetted FHIR-based data exchange apps are helping to improve the comfort of data holders.