Purpose
The HIMSS Interoperability & HIE Committee focuses on advancing standards-based interoperability and emerging health information technologies that lead to impactful health information exchange (HIE).
As the healthcare landscape evolves, interoperability is a key driver towards achieving secure and accessible information, as well as realizing lower-cost and higher quality care.
Join us as we support HIMSS thought leadership activities on global and national levels, and contribute to HIMSS advocacy and policy efforts around interoperability and HIE.
Goals
- Provide and inform HIMSS thought leadership on standards-based interoperability, HIE and blockchain-related areas.
- Develop and promote education and awareness campaigns around relevant industry efforts and best practices anchored in standards-based interoperability, HIE and blockchain.
- Support and facilitate the growth of HIMSS volunteer and chapter engagement within standards-based interoperability, HIE and blockchain-related content.
- Cultivate collaboration opportunities across HIMSS and with other organizations to foster the integration of functionality across the continuum of care to achieve impactful HIE.
HIMSS Interoperability Call to Action & Interoperability Initiatives Environmental Scan
HIMSS asserts that we must achieve secure, appropriate, and ubiquitous data access and electronic exchange of health information, and provides guiding principles to inform health policy and spur our nation’s health sector to action.
The Call to Action was championed by HIMSS's Interoperability & HIE Committee and informed by their work to create the Interoperability Initiatives Environmental Scan.
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Committee Members
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Committee Members
Herman Oosterwijk, MBA, MSc
President
Otech
Chair
Bart Carlson
CEO and Chief Patient Advocate
Azuba Corporation
Allison Eagen, PT
Clinical Application Analyst, ITG
Encompass Health Corporation
Davera Gabriel, RN
Senior Terminologist
Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Jonathan Howell, CPHIMS
HIT Director and Privacy Officer
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
Gail Kocher, MPA
Director, National Standards
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Steven Lane, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Clinical Informatics Director, Privacy, Information Security & Interoperability
Sutter Health
Paul Matthews
Chief Technology Officer
OCHIN
Chrissa McFarlane
Founder
Patientory
Laurie McGraw
Senior Vice President – Health Solutions
American Medical Association
Holly Miller, MD, MBA, FHIMSS
Chief Medical Officer
MedAllies, Inc.
Michael Nusbaum, BASc, MHSA, FHIMSS
President
M. H. Nusbaum & Associates Ltd.
Allison Viola
Director
Guidehouse
Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force
Purpose
Volunteers on this HIMSS Task Force will explore and educate the healthcare community on the practical applications of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies within the healthcare setting. Members of this group are tasked with (1) highlighting real-word examples of the technology’s use, (2) creating resources to better understand the technology and considerations for implementation and (3) sharing subject matter expertise on the various use cases to which the technology can be applied. Review the Blockchain in Healthcare Guide for more information.
Chair
David Houlding, MSc, CISSP, CIPP
Principal Healthcare Program Manager, Microsoft
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Co-chair
Heather Flannery
Health Circle Global Lead, ConsenSys
Co-founder, Blockchain in Healthcare Global, IEEE ISTO
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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Task Force
Purpose
Volunteers on this HIMSS Task Force explore the opportunities that exist in the meaningful integration of social determinants of health (SDOH) data to properly inform care delivery and improve individual and population health. Members of this group seek to provide expert guidance to drive SDOH-related efforts in healthcare information and technology forward, specifically anchored in standardization, implementation, and policy development.
Chair
Jacob Reider, MD
CEO, Alliance for Better Health
Co-chair
Cathryn Crookston, RN, BSN
Vice President of Sales, NowPow