Interoperability
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The HIMSS Immunization Integration Program has the ultimate goal to improve vaccine coverage, says Office Practicum's Chris Gibson and Dr. Rich Szabo.
Epic has built an API to automatically connect the VA database with non-VA hospitals, work that was previously done manually, says Matthew McCay, MultiCare Health System's veteran advocacy manager, and Epic's Brett Barker.
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Ten years ago, providers were terrified to share data with health plans for fear of giving up their relationship with the patient and what payers would do with the information and now interoperability is having a favorable impact on patient care, says PointClickCare's Brian Drozdowicz.
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, payers must send prior authorization decisions within 7 days and expedited decisions within 72 hours.
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Joshua Wymer, with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, talks about the digital health indicator and the opportunity to advance interoperability in the state during the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum.
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Interoperability has come a long way, but information exchange between providers barely scratches the surface of what can be done and how data can be used more effectively, says 2025 Changemaker Award recipient Dr. Steven Lane, CMO at Health Gorilla and a physician who says he was the first to exchange patient data using the Carequality Interoperability Framework.
Where updates have been made, patient satisfaction has increased, she says.
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Executive editors from Healthcare Finance News, Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews weigh in on what they've heard about the upcoming government spending bill, interoperability goals under the new administration and notable happenings on the show floor.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says tribes are independent nations that should have control over their data.
FAST is the FHIR at Scale Task Force under HL7 that is looking at implementing guides around identity, consent, security, a national directory and testing how all those things come together, says Janice Reese, program manager of FAST.