Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Don Rucker discusses what's next for interoperability and why he sees TEFCA as a "solid first step."

The agency this week also made the draft version 3 of United States Data for Core Interoperability available for public comment.

The network uses FHIR and distributed ledger technology for payer-to-payer interoperability, prior authorization and more.

Among the new changes for the Interoperability Standards Advisory: HL7-enabled help for CDC COVID-19 reporting, and new standards and implementation specs for labs, e-prescribing and public health.

The new Final Version 1.0 provides unified specifications for patient addresses. A new companion guide developed with AHIMA offers healthcare organizations help with implementation.

State health departments are looking at the data collection process since COVID-19, says Chad Peterson, CRO of Orion Health.

SNOMED International says it will create and release an openly available International Patient Summary sub-ontology in the first half of 2022, aimed at promoting cross-border information sharing.

The health information network's executive director, Jay Nakashima, sees big progress with 21st century Cures Act compliance, TEFCA, data quality, FHIR adoption and information exchange among providers, public health agencies and labs.

For now, the service enables the sharing of discharge summaries with health providers across the state.

Raising digital maturity in the Middle East is a key focus in many GCC markets and HIMSS has therefore announced a high-level Dubai CIO Summit, on 23 January 2022, to drive regional and international exchange in support of ongoing digital maturity initiatives.