Health Information Exchange (HIE)

The interface of this new proprietary model will enable the collection of data from the full range of a patient’s healthcare experiences and provide a complete view of that patient for a care team, the company says.

Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, says that citizens have full access to how their data is used in managing their healthcare which helps ensure trust remains high between the stakeholders.

The vendor aims to transform healthcare interoperability with faster onboarding, easier maintenance, higher availability and lower costs, a company VP contends.

Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwait Association of Surgeons, says his country wants to learn from others and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders, which offers huge potential as the country moves toward a national electronic health record.

The general manager of IBM Watson Health talks digital transformation, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, blockchain, quantum computing and more.

In a region of 10 million residents, the nonprofit Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services is helping achieve care coordination, closing care gaps when providers are able to access data at the point of care, using a central interoperable platform.

The move is part of wider plans to digitalise healthcare in the region. 

The ability to gain access to the data through reusable APIs significantly improves developer productivity, enabling CIOs to achieve more with the same resources.

Apple, IBM and Microsoft were some of the nearly 30 stakeholders asking CMS and ONC to "expeditiously finalize" the rules – but EHR vendors were not among them.

The ONC final rules on interoperability and patient access are expected soon, and Sequoia's info blocking workgroup seeks to help organizations prepare for compliance.