Interoperability
Alexander Berler of IHE Catalyst discusses how digital health companies will need to collaborate with each other and meet four different levels of interoperability to satisfy the new European Health Data Space regulations.
Dr. Saad Aldousari, hospital director at Kuwait's Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology Center, explains how the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health supports digital maturity and interoperability goals for all its hospitals.
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At the HIMSS24 Europe Interoperability Showcase, a sample use case demonstrated how Italians can share health records across its multiple regions thanks to the country's adoption of international data standards.
Greg LeGrow, executive director of payer product market strategy at athenahealth and Mark Fleming, senior director of product at Availity, credited FHIR interoperability for greater efficiency in automating the electronic PA process.
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A demonstration at the HIMSS24 Europe Interoperability Showcase highlighted how the eHealthPass app and the International Patient Summary can help traveling Europeans quickly share their medical records to access needed care.
Lisa Hanselmann, Inria's European project manager, talks about how the FLUTE project is building a GDPR-compliant federated learning platform to allow researchers to share both real-world and synthetic data on prostate cancer.
As Italy develops a national digital strategy requiring healthcare data exchange across all 20 of its regions, Marco Foracchia, AUSL Reggio Emilia CIO, recommends first steps for hospitals that haven't yet begun digital transformation.
Hyland's recent survey with HIMSS Market Insights found that many healthcare organizations are still struggling to exchange patient data, even after moving to the cloud. Lyle McMillin, the company's principal product manager, unpacks those results.
Zen Healthcare IT's interoperability platform creates a "gateway" for healthcare data exchange between technology vendors and customers, explains Marilee Benson, president and cofounder.
Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, explains that interoperability is fundamental to enabling data-informed patient care decisions and is required for the use of AI and advanced analytics tools.