Interoperability

Interoperability capabilities are available, but ushering patient data exchange and speeding up time to care are matters of provider change management and embracing digital transformation, says Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies.

The EHR Association is urging the agency to address members' concerns and finalize additional decision support intervention measurements proposed in the draft rule, and clarify uncertainties that could compromise the quality of submissions.

Secure medical records exchange under the national framework by all Epic customers is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, says Rob Klootwyk, director of interoperability at Epic.

A health analytics company is partnering with pharma to allow patients to unify their health information across multiple providers. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the DTP platform analyzes medical records and makes recommendations. 

Intermountain, Mayo Clinic, MedStar, Ochsner, Stanford Health and UPMC are among the organizations taking part in the initiative, focused on innovating integration of virtual care pathways.

In its second Data Usability Implementation Guide, the TEFCA coordinator's data usability workgroup defines health information exchange priorities that can be readily adopted within 18 months.

Indian Health Service moves forward on interoperability by selecting the health information network as its designated QHIN under the national agreement.

As RSNA kicks off in Chicago, here's a roundup of some recent radiology and imaging IT announcements.

Paul Wilder of CommonWell Health Alliance considers how government buy-in will help the healthcare industry propel dynamic registration of FHIR Endpoints in 2025 and explains why the directory needs to be pulled into a trust framework like TEFCA.

Paul Wilder of CommonWell Health Alliance explains why providers are still stuck in document exchange and says he is hopeful that the ability to ensure B2B data security at scale is about two years away.