Interoperability

Many health organizations are working to get patient information flowing more seamlessly, but data overload can frustrate clinicians. In a HIMSS23 Views from the Top session preview, athenahealth CEO Bob Segert offers thoughts on how IT can help.

Overcoming challenges to bring innovative solutions to market.

Zus also announced a partnership with primary care tech company Elation Health.

The show floor will offer an opportunity to hear provider stories, experience the cloud-based company's new patient-facing app, meet new marketplace partners and see a renewed focus on "consumer-grade patient experience," says CEO Bob Segert.

The vendor group addressed proposed interoperability requirements and answered the agency's questions about social risk data-intake, exchanging behavioral health information and improving Medicare approvals and claims processing

To succeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must overhaul the way data is collected and shared. Technology-driven collaboration will be critical to rebuilding the trust of agency partners.

Matt Doyle, R&D Team Lead & Software Development Team Leader for Interoperability at Epic, highlights the benefits of healthcare interoperability and how as a QHIN the company will simplify connectivity for providers.

In this HIMSS23 preview, Mary Kratz, executive vice president at the Interoperability Institute, previews the panel she'll lead on cross-sector challenges to interoperability and the power of open-source solutions.

The vendor group says it's impossible for its members to respond before reviewing electronic health record requirements in pending ONC Health IT Certification Program standards.