Interoperability

The state has signed the Kentucky-based healthcare IT company, which now operates PDMPs in 44 states, to run a heavily-debated program expected to launch in spring 2023.

The collaboration will see five of the biggest health data exchanges in the U.S. working with the planned Qualified Health Information Network on the interoperability framework.

The government relations team at HIMSS offers some insights on what's next for telehealth, broadband expansion, interoperability rules and more in the year ahead.

While more data is still needed to reveal if mandated compliance programs decrease opioid prescription diversion and doctor shopping, new ONC studies show "substantial growth" in the use of EPCS and "widespread use" of PDMPs in 2021.

While acknowledging that securing access to data is a shared goal, the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association suggests ONC's interoperability framework does not consider existing controls, or certain business standards and workflows.

Harmonizing HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and data usability are among the priorities this year for Rita Bowen, a member of the Sequoia Project board of directors and MRO vice president.

Patient identity is a great weakness in healthcare infrastructure, according the physician informaticist who led the algorithm research, which is aimed at boosting interoperability and patient safety.

Ahmed Elhusseiny, Area Head, Asia Pacific at Roche Pharma shares his vision for how data-driven healthcare can transform patient outcomes in the region.

Wolfgang Mertz, CTO for Unstructured Data Solutions, says Dell Technologies is helping healthcare providers consolidate data – which enables easy access to precision medicine and supports cyber protection strategies.

Cloud-based indexing can fix duplicate patient records, improving interoperability and patient outcomes for health information exchanges like etHIN.