Interoperability

High-quality imaging coupled with computer technologies for the eye could be used in the future to identify strokes, before they happen, and cardiovascular disease, but interoperability challenges remain, says Kerry Goetz, associate director, NEI Office of Data Science and Health Informatics.  

The three-year collaborative relationship is for Electronic Medical Record adoption in hospitals throughout the country. 

Qualified health information networks, or QHINs, form a national network under TEFCA which has the reach to bring on all healthcare entities in the country, says Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, a designated QHIN.

Hospitals become more humane environments as room alarms and beeps are replaced by interoperable apps carried by nurses.

The American Immunization Registry Association's Sabrina Matlock, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' Sarah Finley, and Oracle Health's Kristin Glaza discuss their partnership, along with a preview of their HIMSS24 discussion about vaccine interoperability.  

PACs need the interconnectivity and IT used by hospitals, says Longevity's Heidi Wold, who is scheduled to speak at HIMSS24.

This includes the biggest bang for the buck tasks such as prior authorization and complex claims, says Venkat Kavarthapu, CEO of Edifecs.

FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) gives a level of interoperability that can't be met any other way and takes in groups such as payers that have yet to fully participate, says ONC National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.

CDS Hooks is a standard for web service that uses FHIR to represent the patient data, but it also has a standard to provide clinical decision support recommendations, says Dr. Howard Strasberg, vice president of medical informatics at Wolters Kluwer, who with Robert Jenders, professor of Medicine at UCLA will be speaking at HIMSS24.  

CMMI has released the Enhancing Oncology Model as a payment pilot around care for seven types of cancers, says Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe).