Interoperability

Edward Yurcisin, chief technology officer at the NCQA, says the organization is using its open-source CQL engine to digitize HEDIS measures and others to improve the quality of healthcare in the U.S. and internationally with FHIR.

The platform seeks to unify data held by over 28 health system entities.

The interoperability organization's Consumer Voices Workgroup says its recommendations – for improving patient access, use and sharing of data – are 100% achievable using current technology.

This HIMSS23 APAC speaker will share how Taiwan’s Chang Gung Memorial Hospital transformed into a leading data-driven smart hospital.

GE Healthcare’s latest research shows almost all New Zealand doctors want to work together with patients and believe digital solutions are key, but half of them lack the necessary communication, technology and data capabilities.

Eddie Ades, executive advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton and former associate director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the agency's efforts to refocus on interoperability and data modernization.

United States Core Data for Interoperability Standard, version 4, is a key resource for information blocking and interoperability compliance. It is adding 20 new data elements and one new data class – facility information – to the previous standard set. 

After legal pushback from providers and a veto of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority requirements, the OHCA Board approved emergency rules to encourage collaboration with the new statewide health information exchange that launched July 1.

According to LOGEX's CEO, Philipp Jan Flach, in order to unlock the value of the fragmented data collected from "point solutions," we need to aggregate it using interoperable standards.

How to tackle staff shortages and manage increasingly complex diagnostics.