Interoperability

Nurse and physician informatics teams should collaborate more on data-driven workflow optimization, says Lisa Stephenson, CNIO at Houston Methodist.

Ryan Oliver, research director at KLAS, shows how Best in KLAS status leads to successful implementations. Additionally, he offers a deep dive into some of the most important implementation best practices for provider organizations.

Also, MedSync launches a new video sharing feature.

Native Americans face health disparities and interoperability challenges that make modernizing EHRs in tribal communities a critical need, according to Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service.

Epic announces the first cohort of health systems, including Mount Sinai, Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, Johns Hopkins and Stanford Health, to join the nationwide interoperability framework.  

The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association says it has substantial concerns with regulatory deadlines and other stipulations in ONC's proposed interoperability and AI transparency rule.

Standardizing information capture, including a universal patient identification, can enhance data quality while eliminating the 20% record duplication rate facing healthcare organizations, says Gregg Church, president of 4medica.

Improved drug discovery and innovations in personalized treatments are among the goals for the new Target and Lead Identification Suite and Multiomics Suite.

Encouraging state and regional HIMSS chapters to advocate for healthcare information policies in their area is critical, says Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair.

Healthcare executives share post-pandemic lessons about what health systems need the most.