A new report from KLAS found the percentage of organizations reporting "deep interoperability" is up from last year. But the survey showed the industry has a long way to go before achieving ultimate success.
"I think the analytics engines that are driving electronic health records are even driving those that are aggregating data from multiple sources that potentially have a very meaningful and powerful impact on public health."
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A live demo of the FHIR standard hosted by national health IT coordinator Dr. Vindell Washington and an agreement between CommonWell Health Alliance and the builders of the Carequality framework are clear signs of progress in interoperability.
Epic has made a concerted effort to burnish its image in recent months by playing up its Open.epic program, blogging regularly about its customers and by making its executives more accessible to the media than in the past.
This week, Sutter Health added 12 practices to its list of interoperability partners, all with eClinicalWorks EHRs. Sutter, which uses Epic, has been exchanging data among about a dozen area practices on athenahealth's EHR since July 1.
This does not mean, however, that Epic is putting aside its disdain for the CommonWell Health Alliance, the interoperability network featuring most of its biggest competitors, since the Carequality framework is more like the rules of the road instead of a network.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.