Role of Tools like FHIR Bulk Data Access for Provider and Payer Data Exchange
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 15, 2019 7:55:34 PM / by Viet Nguyen, MD posted in FHIR, HL7 community, interoperability, Payers, Da Vinci, value based care
Leading Healthcare Stakeholders Commit to Real-World Testing of HL7’s FHIR Bulk Data Implementation Guide
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 7, 2019 10:38:22 AM / by Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD posted in FHIR, interoperability, CMS
On July 30, as part of the second Blue Button Developers Conference at the White House, a broad coalition of health systems, health plans, and other health IT stakeholders committed to real-world testing of the soon to be published HL7® FHIR® Bulk Data implementation guide (IG).
The announcement was made on stage by HL7 International CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe, later joined by Steven Posnack from ONC and Dr. Shafiq Rab of Rush University System for Health. More than 20 early adopters who have committed to advance this important use of HL7 FHIR were identified.
Much of the focus around HL7 FHIR APIs to date has involved transactions representing a single patient. While those use cases are important, especially for patients desiring more seamless access to their data via their smartphones, the FHIR Bulk Data Implementation Guide (IG) unleashes FHIR’s potential to revolutionize population health by enabling new services powered by big data. The standardized approach offered by the Bulk Data IG is being used by CMS in its new Data at the Point of Care (DPC) pilot and could help transform the ways healthcare providers and health plans share data for quality improvement and cost accountability.
The Bulk Data IG is the result of a two-year effort funded by ONC’s cooperative agreement with HL7 in partnership with the SMART team at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
The following organizations will participate in real-world testing of the HL7 FHIR Bulk Data IG, and Steven noted ONC’s willingness to support these organizations. Participants will collaborate on providing a common set of artifacts, tools and services with an aim to lower standards implementation costs by making them as reusable and transferable as practicable.
Committed organizations include:
ORGANIZATION |
NAME |
Anthem Inc. |
Sheryl Turney |
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina |
Joe Bastante and Robert Emerson |
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina |
Dr. Shawn Stinson |
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee |
Nick Coussoule and Heather Kennedy |
Boston Children’s Hospital/SMART |
Dr. Ken Mandl |
Cambia Health Solutions |
Laurent Rotival |
CVSHealth (Aetna) |
James Murray |
Florida Blue |
Amit Shah |
Humana |
Heather Cox |
Intermountain Healthcare |
Marc Probst |
Jefferson Health |
Neil Gomes |
Manifest Medex |
Claudia Williams and David Kates |
Marshfield Clinic Health System and Security Health Plan |
Dr. Greg Robinson |
Medical University of South Carolina & Health Sciences South Carolina |
Dr. Leslie Lenert |
Medigold |
Michael Demand |
Mount Sinai Health System (NY) |
Mike Berger and Dave Kerwar |
MultiCare Health System and Physicians of Southwest Washington |
Melanie Matthews |
OCHIN |
Jennifer Stoll |
OrthoVirginia |
Terri Ripley |
Oscar Health |
Danny Dvinov |
Rush University System for Health |
Dr. Shafiq Rab |
Trinity Health |
Marcus Shipley and Michael DeBets |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Dr. Jonathan Nebeker |
Signed,
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD
HL7 International CEO
Steven Posnack, MS, MHS
Executive Director, Office of Technology, ONC
Cloud Providers Unite for Healthcare Interoperability
[fa icon="calendar'] Jul 30, 2019 12:58:38 PM / by HL7 posted in FHIR, HL7, interoperability, health IT, implementation
WASHINGTON – Today a group of technology leaders from Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce came together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference to reaffirm a commitment to interoperability made one year ago, and to share progress and plans to move decisively forward on this pledge.
HL7 Receives Letter of Support from CMS
[fa icon="calendar'] Feb 11, 2019 8:54:30 AM / by Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD posted in FHIR, interoperability, CMS
We are delighted to announce that HL7 has received a letter of support applauding our work in standards development from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma.
Based on the impact that HL7 has made on improving interoperability and current adoption of the HL7® FHIR® standard, CMS has shared their priorities for collaboration in the coming year.
HL7 will be developing a strategy over the next several weeks, with input from CMS, to meet each of these priorities. I will share more information about this in the near future. In the meantime, I'd like to thank you for your contributions to the work of this organization and ask you to join me as we focus our efforts on meeting these needs.
To view the letter in its entirety, please click here.
Sincerely,
HL7 International CEO
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD
HL7 Publishes Clinical Genomics Domain Analysis Model
[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 11, 2019 2:21:53 PM / by Andrea Ribick posted in interoperability, clinical genomics
Document defines precision medicine use cases, supporting underlying
foundations for genomics in FHIR
This week, we published the HL7 Domain Analysis Model: Clinical Genomics after a rigorous ISO/ANSI-compatible balloting process. The document is part of an ongoing effort by the HL7 Clinical Genomics Work Group to identify common workflows and use cases to facilitate scalable and interoperable data standards for the breadth of clinical genomics scenarios. The Domain Analysis Model (DAM) is becoming a widely used reference for clinical genomics, covering a myriad of use cases, including emerging ones such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, whole exome sequencing, RNA-sequencing and proteomics.
HL7 Publishes FHIR® Release 4
[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 2, 2019 12:53:55 PM / by Andrea Ribick posted in FHIR, interoperability
As the global authority for interoperability in health care information technology with affiliates in 35 countries, we're excited to announce the publication of Release 4 of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) standard. This new version is the culmination of 18 months of extensive work to finalize the base parts of the specification and incorporates changes and enhancement requests received from implementation partners around the world.
"HL7 FHIR R4 is a beginning," said HL7 CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe. "It is the legacy of eight years of innovation and collaboration among a community of thousands around the world. It is a commitment from HL7 to create a platform from which Interoperability can someday emerge. It is a promise to provide reusable data across the continuum of biomedical research, patient care, and population health."
Another Type of Moonshot: Project Gemini
[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 25, 2018 1:53:32 PM / by Wayne Kubick posted in FHIR, HL7, interoperability, IHE, Gemini, Sync4science, International Patient Summary
Achieving healthcare interoperability at any level, by definition, requires at least two parties working together. Achieving it on a global scale requires a shared dedication of the many to the common good. Consider the vision statements of two organizations:
- HL7 International: “A world in which everyone can securely access and use the right health data when and where they need it.”
- IHE International: “Enable seamless and secure access to health information that is usable whenever and wherever needed.”
The HL7 Fundamentals Course is Fundamentally Different
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 3, 2018 11:07:26 AM / by Sadhana Alangar, PhD posted in FHIR, HL7 education, HL7 Affiliates, CDA, HL7, Version 2, interoperability, Version 3
A Little About HL7
HL7 FHIR DevDays Comes to the U.S.
[fa icon="calendar'] Jul 10, 2018 4:39:40 PM / by Jeffrey Danford, MS posted in FHIR, HL7, HL7 community, interoperability, health IT, Google, Apple, DevDays, apps
HL7® FHIR® DevDays Comes to the U.S.
HL7 FHIR DevDays Recap: Boston is on FHIR!
[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 25, 2018 3:45:00 PM / by Russ Leftwich, MD posted in FHIR, HL7, HL7 community, interoperability, health IT, Google, Connectathon, Apple, DevDays, apps
Boston is on FHIR!
HL7® FHIR® DevDays in Boston just concluded. This first US Edition of HL7 FHIR DevDays exceeded expectations in all respects. Attendance eclipsed all previous HL7 FHIR DevDays events and there was a waiting list. The content was stellar and was a window into the rapidly changing future of healthcare data liquidity and secure data access that is starting to become reality. Furthermore, the State Room venue on the 33rd floor above downtown Boston was spectacular.
Caption: View of downtown Boston from the State Room on the 33rd floor.