Interoperability

The agency hopes the NPRM provisions will further move the needle on interoperability, expanding "appropriate access, exchange and use of electronic health information" with an eye toward health equity, said the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Tina Manoharan, VP of Data & AI Center of Excellence at Philips, previews her HIMSS23 discussion, showing how health systems need real-world data to gain insights with artificial intelligence.

Healthcare insiders make the case for adopting a data analytics platform.

In Episode 2 of "Unlocking Big Data," sponsored by Arcadia, Tina Esposito, System VP and Chief Health Information Officer at Advocate Health, and Nick Stepro, Arcadia's Chief Product and Technology Officer, discuss analytics platform adoption challenges.

Mike Sicilia, EVP of Oracle Global Industries, describes what the company has been prioritizing since the Cerner acquisition finalized this past June, and previews what it will be showcasing on the HIMSS23 exhibit floor in Chicago this month.

A FHIR-based protocol that improves clinical workflows is improving pneumonia treatment in the ER, says Kathryn Kuttler, Darren Mann and Dr. Peter Haug at Intermountain Healthcare in a preview of their HIMSS23 presentation.

At HIMSS23, Ken Mandl and Don Rucker will show how the SMART/HL7 spec can enable better performance tracking, public health surveillance, pharma safety and clinical research.

The largest health system in New York State will roll out an enterprise-wide platform to help standardize and scale secure monitoring and interoperability, enabling more unified visibility into what's happening at each patient's bedside.

The modules are expected to provide greater efficiency by improving bed management and reducing data duplication.

Juan Nanez, a speaker at HIMSS23 and director of Programs at Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange, says when clinicians can access past patient history to guide decisions, hospital readmissions and ER visits decrease.