Interoperability

Modernizing data means shifting it from an asset to a utility, to ensure it's usable for patients, providers and payers, a HIMSS23 panel said.

HDUs enable specific, defined use cases, with extra protections to ensure patient privacy and protection.

<p>Sequoia Project VP of informatics, conformance and interoperability Didi Davis highlights the company’s Data Usability Implementation Guide v.1, released last year, at her HIMSS23 panel.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Trent Sanders, VP of healthcare, U.S., at Kyndryl, in a preview of a HIMSS23 presentation, discusses overcoming technology bottlenecks across revenue cycle processes.</p> <p> </p>

<p>VP of operations David Murtagh, at MultiPlan, which cofounded the Synaptic Health Alliance with United Healthcare, Humana and others, will speak at HIMSS23 about emerging use cases for distributed ledger technology for payers and providers.</p> <p> </p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kathryn Kuttler, Darren Mann and Dr. Peter Haug of Intermountain Healthcare preview their HIMSS23 presentation about the ways a low-code framework built on FHIR benefits real-time decision support in the ER.</span></span></span></p>

<p>Patients are 61% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital and 53% less likely to visit an ER if their medical records are accessed by providers within 30 days of discharge, says Juan Nanez, RN, Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange director of Programs.</p> <p> </p>

The move is ahead of a final rule that is expected to reduce the time allowed for PA approval and require electronic FHIR API standards.

When data exchange is treated as a strategic initiative it gets better results than doing the compliance minimum, says Drew Ivan of Lyniate.