Interoperability
Experts discussed new emergency department models using telemedicine to build trust in virtual healthcare environments and public-private sector collaboration.
Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, discusses the benefits and use cases of a qualified health information network, places where interoperability falls short in the healthcare sector and the opportunity for QHINs to increase connectivity.
Health and homelessness cannot be fixed until the continuum of care around a person is solved, said Gabriel Seidman, director of policy at Ellison Institute of Technology. Tracking and responding using data is vital at government levels.
HIMSS24
Kristin Glaza at Oracle Health, Sabrina Matlock at the American Immunization Registry Association and Sarah Finley from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services discuss immunization data quality via public-private collaborations.
Micky Tripathi, ONC national coordinator, discusses TEFCA's FAST track to FHIR exchange, the FHIR roadmap, concerns among EHR vendors on electronic case reporting and supporting data scalability to enable payers to advance interoperability.
HIMSS24
Wolters Kluwer vice president of medical informatics Howard Strasberg highlights the topics he and his colleague will discuss at HIMSS24, including data transfer between EHRs and the cloud and FHIR-based clinical decision support standards.
Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and cohost of CancerX, highlights ONC's annual meeting and how data with interoperability, privacy and security protections can fundamentally change oncology outcomes.
More hospitals are coming into the fold in the coming months.
Holly Miller, chief medical officer at MedAllies, discusses the Sequoia Project's Data Usability Taking Root initiative around adoption of the Data Usability Implementation Guide, which underscores interoperability of trustworthy, usable data.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital superintendent Dr Chien-Tzung Chen relays what challenges the health system overcame to achieve EMRAM Stage 7 and the benefit of embracing digital transformation to improve healthcare proficiency.