Interoperability

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy and accompanying action plan.

The Australian Digital Health Agency has outlined specific steps to increase the uptake of healthcare identifiers across health facilities.

As more health systems merge, making smart and strategic use of datasets drawn from disparate systems is essential to clinical and operational success, says Advocate Health Chief Data Officer Tina Esposito.

In its new HTI-2 proposed rule, the Office of the National Coordinator is hoping FHIR-focused interoperability criteria will ignite payers and public health and others to embrace broader information sharing goals.

In a "tour de force" rulemaking, the agency has "harnessed all the tools at ONC's disposal" to advance HHS' nationwide interoperability and patient engagement goals, says National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.

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While the healthcare group "strongly supports" CIRCIA's security goals, it's urging the Homeland Security agency to "consider the challenges covered entities face during and immediately after experiencing a cyberattack."

Also, My Emergency Doctor has adopted InterSystems' cloud-based integration engine to offer improved systems interoperability.

Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, explains that interoperability is fundamental to enabling data-informed patient care decisions and is required for the use of AI and advanced analytics tools.

China Medical University Hospital came in first for the 2023 HIMSS Digital Health Indicator global ranking, announced earlier this year.