Interoperability

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State and regional HIEs have the deep experience necessary to improve interoperability – which is about more than just moving patient data from one point to another, says John Kansky, president and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange.

Finland and Estonia use X-Road to enable the secure exchange of data, with opportunities to expand to the rest of Europe, says Petteri Kivimäki, CTO for Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions.

Henning Schneider, CIO of Asklepios Healthcare Group, says while some German hospitals are already digitally advanced, he is excited to learn from the Nordic countries about improving interoperability and data exchange. 

Charles Jaffe, CEO of HL7 International, says FHIR has been remarkable in its ability to scale, while resonating across communities of interest such as patient access and genomics.

Jordi Serrano Pons, CEO of UniversalDoctor, says we need to collaborate and work with organizations such as HL7 on developing tools to ensure greater interoperability, while also learning from each other.

Google product managers Kurt Ericson and Rohit Talreja discuss how APIs offer healthcare organizations the ability to migrate to the cloud while addressing the needs for better interoperability of data and systems.