Interoperability

Many health organizations are working to get patient information flowing more seamlessly, but data overload can frustrate clinicians. In a HIMSS23 Views from the Top session preview, athenahealth CEO Bob Segert offers thoughts on how IT can help.

Overcoming challenges to bring innovative solutions to market.

The show floor will offer an opportunity to hear provider stories, experience the cloud-based company's new patient-facing app, meet new marketplace partners and see a renewed focus on "consumer-grade patient experience," says CEO Bob Segert.

The vendor group addressed proposed interoperability requirements and answered the agency's questions about social risk data-intake, exchanging behavioral health information and improving Medicare approvals and claims processing

To succeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must overhaul the way data is collected and shared. Technology-driven collaboration will be critical to rebuilding the trust of agency partners.

Matt Doyle, R&D Team Lead & Software Development Team Leader for Interoperability at Epic, highlights the benefits of healthcare interoperability and how as a QHIN the company will simplify connectivity for providers.

In this HIMSS23 preview, Mary Kratz, executive vice president at the Interoperability Institute, previews the panel she'll lead on cross-sector challenges to interoperability and the power of open-source solutions.

The vendor group says it's impossible for its members to respond before reviewing electronic health record requirements in pending ONC Health IT Certification Program standards.