Interoperability

Sandra Johnson, SVP for client services at CliniComp, explains how CliniComp's system-as-a-service EHR solution can help clients lower costs, reduce interoperability challenges and make the EHR more accurate and easier to use for clinicians.

Dr. Geeta Nayyar, MDI Health's executive clinical advisor, says she believes giving patients more access to information can foster trust and improve outcomes.

Robert Havasy, HIMSS senior director of informatics strategy, relays how the nonprofit works with governments to move healthcare and AI forward and the need to improve interoperability as artificial intelligence progresses in healthcare.

Dr. Maria Carolina Aguirre, CMO at FCV-HIC (Hospital Internacional de Colombia), discusses nonprofit organization Hl7, promoting collaboration between Colombia and outside regions, and her path to becoming a HIMSS Changemaker.

NEI Office of Data Science and Health Informatics Associate Director Kerry Goetz discusses advancing technology in eye health as a window to overall health.  

Experts discussed new emergency department models using telemedicine to build trust in virtual healthcare environments and public-private sector collaboration.  

Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, discusses the benefits and use cases of a qualified health information network, places where interoperability falls short in the healthcare sector and the opportunity for QHINs to increase connectivity.  

Health and homelessness cannot be fixed until the continuum of care around a person is solved, said Gabriel Seidman, director of policy at Ellison Institute of Technology. Tracking and responding using data is vital at government levels.  

Kristin Glaza at Oracle Health, Sabrina Matlock at the American Immunization Registry Association and Sarah Finley from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services discuss immunization data quality via public-private collaborations.  

Micky Tripathi, ONC national coordinator, discusses TEFCA's FAST track to FHIR exchange, the FHIR roadmap, concerns among EHR vendors on electronic case reporting and supporting data scalability to enable payers to advance interoperability.