Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
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If you missed ViVE 2025 this year there is plenty to read about it. If they weren’t talking about AI, Language Models, Interop, or the return of investor money they were literally talking about the weather.
EMR Advocates travel to China to observe and learn about interoperability of health data. China’s healthcare system is marked by significant disparities between urban and rural regions creating a substantial challenge in ensuring equitable healthcare access across the nation.
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – Recognizing the importance of seamless data exchange in oncology, six health IT vendors have committed to supporting USCDI+ Cancer data elements (two more organizations pledged to promote cancer-related activities in their work), marking a significant step toward a more interoperable and standardized healthcare system.
Join us December 12th for Sharing Health Data: Challenges to Solve – Lessons to be Learned, virtual event. This session @2pm ET hear radio host Jim Tate, Manifest Medex CEO Erica Galvez, and J2 Interactive CTO Mickey Yalon discuss what successful HIEs are doing.
By Kendra Obrist – ASTP’s FHIR Action Plan is a welcome development for those of us who have long seen HL7 FHIR as a cornerstone of interoperability. With the ASTP’s focus on FHIR, we are moving closer to a fully interoperable healthcare ecosystem.
Successful Civitas 2024 Annual conference recently wrapped in Detroit with the largest attendance and most sponsors to date. The organization continues to grow reflecting its commitment to their mission in the health data space.
By Anthony Murray – The HL7® FHIR® standard is the accepted standard for exchanging healthcare information, regardless of how or where the information is stored. By enabling secure access to both clinical and administrative data, FHIR ensures that healthcare providers can access the information they need to deliver optimal patient care.
By Avinash Shanbhag & Adam Wong – The draft action plan serves as a single resource for federal agencies and anyone else in the health IT community looking for the FHIR-based capabilities being used today by the federal government. Feedback on the action plan is being accepted through Nov. 25.