Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Eddie Ades, executive advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton and former associate director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the agency's efforts to refocus on interoperability and data modernization.

United States Core Data for Interoperability Standard, version 4, is a key resource for information blocking and interoperability compliance. It is adding 20 new data elements and one new data class – facility information – to the previous standard set. 

After legal pushback from providers and a veto of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority requirements, the OHCA Board approved emergency rules to encourage collaboration with the new statewide health information exchange that launched July 1.

The CEO of CRISP discusses how health information exchanges, regional health networks and others are collaborating to build out the interoperability ecosystem and enable more effective sharing of critical clinical and public health data.

Eleven healthcare organizations have also joined the Data Usability Taking Root project, which is designed to improve the quality and actionability of health information received by end users within their workflows.

The project will "bring machine learning to data" while protecting privacy and integrity.

The U.S. Virgin Islands signs with CRISP for a data and interoperability pilot program while Ontario launches an eHub with Oracle Health and the NOLA HIE rebrands.

Decentralisation lies at the core of healthcare transformation, shifting focus to a more distributed model that brings care closer to patients. Regional diagnostic networks support this evolution by removing silos and enabling boundary-less collaboration.

Military healthcare initiatives, including the common EHR and virtual-first care, are discussed by Dr. Brian Lein, DHA assistant director of healthcare administration, Bill Tinston, FEHRM director, and Holly Joers PEO DHMS program executive officer.

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement will accelerate the move toward large-scale interoperability, says Michael Palantoni, vice president of platform and data services at athenahealth.