Interoperability

HDUs enable specific, defined use cases, with extra protections to ensure patient privacy and protection.

Modernizing data means shifting it from an asset to a utility, to ensure its usable for patients, providers and payers, a HIMSS23 panel said.

"This is not your father’s Meditech," quips Michelle O'Connor, Meditech's president and CEO, who discusses the vendor's new innovations at the conference this week.

At HIMSS23, Didi Davis, VP of informatics, conformance and interoperability at TEFCA's recognized coordinating entity, will discuss the the Data Usability Implementation Guide v.1, published this past year.

In his upcoming HIMSS23 presentation, Kyndryl's Trent Sanders will present how rallying around your north star system and changing operational behaviors can drive analytics, reduce technology footprints and help solve for 'the golden concepts.'

In a preview of his HIMSS23 session, David Murtagh, VP of operations at MultiPlan – which cofounded the alliance with United Healthcare, Humana and others – discusses emerging payer and provider use cases for distributed ledger technology.

The agency hopes the NPRM provisions will further move the needle on interoperability, expanding "appropriate access, exchange and use of electronic health information" with an eye toward health equity, said the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Tina Manoharan, VP of Data & AI Center of Excellence at Philips, previews her HIMSS23 discussion, showing how health systems need real-world data to gain insights with artificial intelligence.

Healthcare insiders make the case for adopting a data analytics platform.

In Episode 2 of "Unlocking Big Data," sponsored by Arcadia, Tina Esposito, System VP and Chief Health Information Officer at Advocate Health, and Nick Stepro, Arcadia's Chief Product and Technology Officer, discuss analytics platform adoption challenges.