Interoperability
One of the challenges with patient-generated data is figuring out how to use it for predicting future health events, says Mayo Clinic Medical Informaticist Dr. Karl Poterack.
HIMSS Vice President Tom Leary details how policy changes are advancing interoperability and offers insight into information blocking, innovation and potential changes to HIPAA.
InterSystems HealthShare VP Don Woodlock explains some recent examples of how customers are putting the technology to work improving pop health outcomes and increasing revenue.
The companies also advise healthcare CIOs on some key interoperability questions to ask any EHR vendor when considering a purchase.
Interoperability is the cornerstone of advanced clinical decision support and knowledge management to fulfill the promise of patient engagement and consumer-directed exchange, says HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf.
The vendor, one of the first to use the new version of the HL7 standard, is also offering advice for how providers can take advantage of the spec for better interoperability.
The data liquidity issue will soon be resolved, leaving data portability as the next interoperability hurdle, says Dr. Tom Giannulli, CMIO of AMA’s Integrated Health Model Initiative.
The National Coordinator talks 21st Century Cures, information blocking, Apple, consumerism, FHIR, open APIs and new business models he sees emerging amid the "overarching theme of human choice and freedom and dignity."
Case study: The EHR vendor's Happy Together technology enables the health system to incorporate data from patient portals from other healthcare organizations into its MyChart portal.
New HIMSS Media research finds that nearly 75 percent of hospitals are beyond the basic level of interoperability, that best practices for information sharing are emerging and half are gearing up for APIs and FHIR.