How stakeholders are working together to create data standards

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.

The CDC's Public Health Data Strategy plans to create a secure data ecosystem that provides timely information to patients, clinicians and local public health agencies, says Matthew Ritchey, director of technology and products.