Interoperability

Dr. Harm Scherpbier, HealthShare Exchange CMIO, describes how the company's platform connects practices, payers and ACOs, allowing them to share patients’ data in real time across facilities to coordinate care seamlessly.  

The ONC's new rules could include advancements around public health IT certification requirements, electronic prior authorization, patient engagement tools and refinement to info blocking rules, says Sean Sullivan, a partner at Alston & Bird.  

Scott Stuewe, DirectTrust president and CEO, discusses the company’s health app program to support stakeholders within the FHIR ecosystem and how it allows companies to exchange information securely through direct, secure messaging.   

Also, Optiscan is working with Mayo Clinic to develop a digital endomicroscopic imaging system for robotic surgery.

Dr. John Blair, CEO, MedAllies, discusses how TEFCA's interoperability framework can help bring social determinants of health data from community organizations like food pantries into patients’ records for a more complete view of their health.

Lee Kim, senior principal, cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, discusses the new NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, which offers specific implementation examples and granular guidance to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risk.

Also, Clanwilliam has formally established its ANZ division.

Jonathan Bush, founder and CEO of Zus Health, talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic's acceleration of virtual care adoption encouraged the growth of virtual-first provider startups, many of whom now offer proven care for many chronic conditions.

Garrett Singletary, senior software engineer of data and AI at Concord Technologies, talks about how digitizing manually faxed data reduces clinicians’ workload and facilitates data exchange between providers.  

Dr. Monika Sonu, cofounder and director of new product development at Healthinnovation Toolbox and 2024 Changemaker, says she believes all digital health tools should address persistent problems like interoperability and health equity.