Interoperability

Janice Reese, program manager of FAST (FHIR at Scale Task Force), says making patient access simpler is a key benefit, along with identity consent and security.

These key strategies can help build trust and align goals with vendors.

The court battle with Particle Health highlights how national health information exchange networks rely on a chain of trust that can be broken, jeopardizing patient privacy under HIPAA.

Interoperability capabilities are available, but ushering patient data exchange and speeding up time to care are matters of provider change management and embracing digital transformation, says Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies.

The EHR Association is urging the agency to address members' concerns and finalize additional decision support intervention measurements proposed in the draft rule, and clarify uncertainties that could compromise the quality of submissions.

Secure medical records exchange under the national framework by all Epic customers is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, says Rob Klootwyk, director of interoperability at Epic.

A health analytics company is partnering with pharma to allow patients to unify their health information across multiple providers. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the DTP platform analyzes medical records and makes recommendations. 

Intermountain, Mayo Clinic, MedStar, Ochsner, Stanford Health and UPMC are among the organizations taking part in the initiative, focused on innovating integration of virtual care pathways.

In its second Data Usability Implementation Guide, the TEFCA coordinator's data usability workgroup defines health information exchange priorities that can be readily adopted within 18 months.