Interoperability

The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative and Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement say the alliance will broaden their reach as they work to enable easier access to clinical, claims and social determinant data.

The bill - written by the VA and proposed to Congress - would expand care access for veterans and make it legally easier to share patient records between the VA and outside providers.

But experts at Monday’s National Committee for Quality Assurance event say cutting costs without compromising quality is the hardest part.

Cerner, IBM, Intermountain, AMIA are early sign-ons to the new Integrated Health Model Initiative, which seeks to improve the way healthcare information is organized and shared.

Cerner, athenahealth and eClinicalWorks said they are incorporating new data types, such as social determinants, population health and precision medicine to make EHRs more “comprehensive.”

Seven national genomic laboratory hubs will become operational by November 2018.

Its launch of portal-connected consumer health record and extension of free CommonWell exchange services are meant to show commitment to interoperability, "no matter what the definition," said President Zane Burke.

SMART on FHIR embeds the apps into the Cerner EMR, and the company’s reps say everybody wants to talk about the possibilities.

New report from CHIME and KLAS virtual care platforms are finding favor for scheduled and patient-focused visits, on-demand and consumer-focused meetings and telespecialty consults.

Improved interoperability requires integrating exchange frameworks, improving usability, earning the engagement of caregivers and patients, and more.