Interoperability
The National Coordinator talks 21st Century Cures, information blocking, Apple, consumerism, FHIR, open APIs and new business models he sees emerging amid the "overarching theme of human choice and freedom and dignity."
Case study: The EHR vendor's Happy Together technology enables the health system to incorporate data from patient portals from other healthcare organizations into its MyChart portal.
New HIMSS Media research finds that nearly 75 percent of hospitals are beyond the basic level of interoperability, that best practices for information sharing are emerging and half are gearing up for APIs and FHIR.
Janne Pitkänen, CEO of Finnish-based Adusso Ltd., says we must consider cross-border interoperability between healthcare systems, which would also enable benchmarking – especially in the U.S. and the Nordics.
FHIR is key to interoperability and better data access, says FHIR product director for HL7 International Grahame Grieve.
Steve Wretling, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at HIMSS, says the interoperability discussion moves beyond technology to cover policy and process.
CMMI Director Adam Boehler details the impact of new interoperability rules from CMS and ONC.
Blockchain won’t solve every health IT problem, so WW Health Chief Health Information Security Officer at Microsoft Hector Rodriguez offers advice for figuring out where it might, and might not, be a fit for you.
Connecting data between the public health department and hospitals in Shanghai has resulted in improved services for patients, says Tongyu Zhu, director at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center.
Shada AlSalamah, a visiting scholar at MIT, says blockchain technology allows for the flow of information between treatment points regardless of geographic location to ensure patients get the treatment they need and deserve.