Interoperability

Te Whatu Ora recently disclosed the state of the health system's digital assets to the new Health Minister.

Three draft publications address pharmacy-related patient safety issues and continued challenges with appointment scheduling in the Oracle Health electronic health record, says David Case, OIG deputy inspector general.

The agency's national survey of digital health companies shows that 73% use standards-based application programming interfaces when they are integrating with electronic health records, with a majority using the FHIR standard.

PACs need the interconnectivity and IT used by hospitals, says Longevity's Heidi Wold, who is scheduled to speak at HIMSS24.

Also, WA Country Health Service is looking for a technology provider for its Virtual Care service.

To promote exchanging public health data, the electronic information sharing network will waive annual fees for three years to the first five health information exchanges that agree to share data on the platform or via TEFCA.

Their designation as Qualified Health Information Networks brings several new EHR vendors and other healthcare organizations into the nationwide interoperability framework.

Eliminate manual paging processes with automated communications.

It expects to have four times faster internet service across its 13 sites in Victoria.

The nonprofit group's Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Consensus Body aims to add cross-platform identity assurance, standards-based metadata exchange and new federated security standards to facsimile exchange.