Interoperability

Artificial intelligence continues to permeate technologies that providers use. This week, it's helping to find relevant talent to improve data usage in care coordination and enhance signal-to-noise ratio in MRIs.

Oversight for healthcare technology, data and AI policy and strategy will be grouped under the renamed ASTP/ONC, while the 405(d) cybersecurity program will move to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.

Some industry leaders are concerned about compliance time frames. Others say unstructured data won't be tapped to its fullest potential under the proposed rule.

Hyland's recent survey with HIMSS Market Insights found that many healthcare organizations are still struggling to exchange patient data, even after moving to the cloud. Lyle McMillin, the company's principal product manager, unpacks those results.

Zen Healthcare IT's interoperability platform creates a "gateway" for healthcare data exchange between technology vendors and customers, explains Marilee Benson, president and cofounder.  

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy and accompanying action plan.

The Australian Digital Health Agency has outlined specific steps to increase the uptake of healthcare identifiers across health facilities.

As more health systems merge, making smart and strategic use of datasets drawn from disparate systems is essential to clinical and operational success, says Advocate Health Chief Data Officer Tina Esposito.

In its new HTI-2 proposed rule, the Office of the National Coordinator is hoping FHIR-focused interoperability criteria will ignite payers and public health and others to embrace broader information sharing goals.

In a "tour de force" rulemaking, the agency has "harnessed all the tools at ONC's disposal" to advance HHS' nationwide interoperability and patient engagement goals, says National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.