By Jim Tate – “Interoperability.” The word rolls off the tongue as if a wedding vow. It is the Promised Land on the other side of the river. It is the field of milk and honey where we long to be. It is where the lion and the lamb live together in perfect peace. Too bad we will never get there.
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By Kim Boyd – On January 17, 2024, CMS unveiled the final rule aimed at advancing interoperability and enhancing prior authorization processes. This regulation leverages API technology to drive transparency, efficiency, and reduce provider, patient, and payer burden.
NOW on demand, The Tate Chronicles with host Jim Tate and guest Michele Darnell, President and Chief Commercial Office at Secure Exchange Solutions. The topic is the current state of interoperability including gaps, challenges, and what lies ahead.
By Wendy Noboa & Seth Pazinski – The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) plays an important role in informing ONC policies and programs, consisting of experts across the health care industry offering a wide range of health IT perspectives.
NOW on demand, The Tate Chronicles with host Jim Tate and guest Jason Barr, the VP of Healthcare for ID.me, the market leading digital identity and credentials network. They explore the challenges and solutions of patient identity mapping – Step One of interoperability.
By John Ellis – One of the key players in the healthcare insights arena is FHIR. Let’s break down what FHIR is and why it’s so crucial in achieving true healthcare interoperability. What does FHIR stand for? FHIR, pronounced, as you might have guessed, “fire,” stands for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources.
By Emily Newton – Health care is seeing a period of rapid digitization and hospitals are rushing to embrace EHR and IofT. Some have achieved new efficiency and security standards. At the same time, this movement has made interoperability in health care a larger issue.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology finalized its Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) rule.
Watch the fourth panel session of this Interoperability Summit moderated by Grace Vinton, with panelists Grace Cordovano, Krystal Schramm, and Jill DeGraff.