Interoperability

The Stewards of Change Institute is convening diverse industry stakeholders to tackle big challenges such as patient matching, says Daniel Stein, the group's president.

Dr. Donald Rucker, chief of the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology, discusses the opportunities the 21st Century Cures Act provides for health tech startups.

St. Marianna University School of Medicine in Japan used a "go slow, but go steady" strategy to make small, incremental changes to overcome resistance to moving from paper to digital systems, says Director Shinji Yamamoto.

They'll create and update new standards, profiles and implementation guides, helping to transition to more modern APIs that make it easier to  exchange data securely via smartphone.

A new report from EY shows how health systems need to embrace AI, social, mobile, analytics, cloud and sensor technologies to unlock the potential of their data.

Issues such as fragmented care and social determinants drive the need for interoperability when delivering healthcare to populations, explains David Hancock, healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems.

Veradigm and NextGen capture 20% of the U.S. population’s health data, with the former gaining even more data from the American College of Cardiology. Veradigm and Microsoft are also building an EHR-agnostic research platform.

There will be three sub tracks at the Summit: Data, Innovation and Empowering Patient.

During Converge2Xcelerate at the HIMSS Connected Health Conference, a blockchain expert and the CEO of DirectTrust put forth some ideas about how direct ledger technology could help solve a longstanding challenge.

PCHAlliance and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise seek to enhance continuity of care by working on mobile health apps and personal health monitoring devices.