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HHS STAR HIE Program Funds 5 Organizations To Improve Interoperability

Electronic Health Reporter

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Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Healthcare IT Today

But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors, interoperability is often described as “difficult and “not frictionless” according to Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. Most IT organizations have the tech chops to be interoperable. They don’t want to buy another tool.

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FHIR data in existing Nationwide Health Information Exchange

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The solution is to leverage this existing solution, and just add FHIR. This model is used at the state level, and has three flavors at the national level, with interoperability between them. My point in this article is that this does not need to be a restriction on those that do want to move on to FHIR.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The IHE IT-Infrastructure committee continues to produce new and improved specifications for HIE interoperability. Health IT Vendors should review this supplement and determine if the capabilities within meet their interoperability needs. Cross-Community Patient Discovery (XCPD) Health Data Locator and Revoke Option - Rev.

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Just Get Connected Already

Healthcare IT Today

Buckle also shares her experience at the Interop Showcase and details of the recent CommonWell FHIR Connectathon where CommonWell members leveraged FHIR to improve interoperability. FHIR, the API for automated data sharing, is mature and being adopted. This more recent standard makes trust automatable as well.

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HIE future bright -- FHIR API to Document Sharing

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I think the most useful value-add that an HIE can add is an API that is based on FHIR. This is true of an XDS based HIE, Regional Exchange (XCA), Vendor based EHR, nationwide Exchange, and Direct HISP. At an HIE level: Initially I would focus on enabling Apps to query for and read the data available in the HIE.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

A survey published in JAMIA found 73% of digital health vendors are using standards-based FHIR APIs when integrating with EHR systems. Edifecs said it will now enable compliance with CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule. Provider network management vendor Medallion launched a one-day credentialing solution.

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