Interoperability

Epic announces the first cohort of health systems, including Mount Sinai, Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, Johns Hopkins and Stanford Health, to join the nationwide interoperability framework.  

The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association says it has substantial concerns with regulatory deadlines and other stipulations in ONC's proposed interoperability and AI transparency rule.

Standardizing information capture, including a universal patient identification, can enhance data quality while eliminating the 20% record duplication rate facing healthcare organizations, says Gregg Church, president of 4medica.

Improved drug discovery and innovations in personalized treatments are among the goals for the new Target and Lead Identification Suite and Multiomics Suite.

Encouraging state and regional HIMSS chapters to advocate for healthcare information policies in their area is critical, says Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair.

Healthcare executives share post-pandemic lessons about what health systems need the most.

In Episode 5 of "Unlocking Big Data," sponsored by Arcadia, Chad Konchak, AVP of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem, and Michael Meucci, CEO of Arcadia, discuss what functions a data analytics platform should have.

Military healthcare initiatives, including the common EHR and virtual-first care, are discussed by Dr. Brian Lein, DHA assistant director of healthcare administration, Bill Tinston, FEHRM director, and Holly Joers PEO DHMS program executive officer.

As the PHE ends this week, Christopher Johnson, president and co-CEO of TeleTracking, which worked with HHS on data collection during the pandemic, offers his views on the transition – and discusses some potential lasting changes to healthcare.

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement will accelerate the move toward large-scale interoperability, says Michael Palantoni, vice president of platform and data services at athenahealth.