Interoperability

The companies are shaping their future plans for cybersecurity risk management, patient safety data and other health IT use cases.

Smile, a FHIR-based enterprise data platform, can help various healthcare stakeholders manage data from a variety of sources. Duncan Weatherston, Smile's CEO, explains how.

As part of the deal, Altera will roll out its EMR platform across the healthcare group's network.

"It should not take a federal investigation before a HIPAA-covered entity provides patients, or their personal representatives, with access to their medical records," said OCR Director Lisa J. Pino.

Delivering real-time cost and coverage information to provider workflows enables better care decisions and patient access.

Simon Bolton, CEO at NHS Digital, describes a new program to improve the digital capability of the UK's hospital trusts. Successful technology integration, he says, depends on getting people onboard.

The risks to patients in a post-Roe v. Wade world demand new protections, they say, calling on HHS to amend the Privacy Rule to ensure that information cannot be shared with law enforcement agencies targeting individuals who seek an abortion.

The project has so far facilitated the sharing of 10,000 documents from about 8,000 consenting patients.

This HIMSS22 Asia-Pacific conference speaker believes a framework for responsible sharing of data is needed before we can reap its benefits collectively.