Interoperability

Dr. Lennart Jahnke, chief digital officer at Germany's University Medicine Mannheim, talks about a partnership with Siemens to give patients facing liver disease broad access to their health data.

Robert Wachter, MD, says healthcare is entering a new phase of its digital transformation now that EHR adoption is widespread.

Erik Gerritsen, secretary at the Dutch Ministry of Health talks about new plans to ensure healthcare providers are sharing their data.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf discusses the organization's mission, and how the right information and technology can meet the challenges the industry faces across the globe.

David Hancock, client engagement director at Intersystems, discusses the importance of having a standard information model to advance interoperability and gain wider adoption.

Simon Eccles, chief clinical information officer at NHS England, talks about the growing importance of patient access to data and the hurdles facing data sharing.

Rachel Dunscombe, director of digital for Salford Royal Group, and Afzal Chaudhry, CCIO for Cambridge University Hospitals, discuss the challenges to becoming a GDE and the lessons learned that can help other trusts increase technology adoption.

Dan Gottleib, of Boston Children's, and Verily's Josh Mandel talk about FHIR and SMART.

Aneesh Chopra, former chief technical officer for the United States, urges developers to leverage open API ecosystems.

Despite their apparent promise to advance interoperability of clinical and claims data, exactly when the Blue Button 2.0 and MyHealthEData initiatives that CMS unveiled at HIMSS18 will be fully implemented remains unclear.