The healthcare world assembled in Las Vegas with the kick-off of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference. An issue that I expect to have many conversations about at HIMSS16 is the ongoing challenge of interoperability. Organizations engaging in population health continue to be frustrated by disparate information systems that result in outdated and incomplete patient information. This greatly hinders organizations’ ability to effectively coordinate care between providers in different settings, close gaps in care, and manage overall utilization and financial risk. The demand for interoperability has reached a crescendo as it is now a must-have in order to succeed with population health.
As I noted in this recent blog post about the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard, while FHIR is part of the discussion around interoperability, it is not a cure-all for all data challenges. An ideal solution starts with the foundation of an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) that can support a multitude of data standards and is designed specifically to model healthcare data and share it with other applications. This piece of the solution aggregates, normalizes and models your data, creating a rich data asset that can be used to drive action in any native or third-party application. True interoperability also requires bi-directional integration with any EMR in your community to enable the exchange of electronic care plans, care summaries, and other clinical data within the community.
There has not been an enterprise data platform like this in our industry, until now. At HIMSS16, Caradigm announced Open Exchange, which works in conjunction with the Caradigm Intelligence Platform (CIP), an EDW for healthcare. The HIMSS ConCert certified solution is unique in our industry for its ability to enable interoperability of EHRs and other data source systems needed for population health. Caradigm is demonstrating its capabilities this week as part of the HIMSS16 Interoperability Showcase, which is the culmination of our participation in several collaboration events with other health IT solution providers.
We are extremely proud of our team’s efforts with Open Exchange and CIP that underscores Caradigm’s industry leadership in innovating healthcare data exchange. If you are attending HIMMS16, then we invite you to stop by the Caradigm booth #5427 or the Interoperability Showcase to discuss your interoperability needs and learn more about how Caradigm can help. Also, don’t miss my colleague, Vicki Harter, who is speaking tomorrow in the Population Health Knowledge Center about how providers can approach different value-based strategies in a presentation entitled - ACOs and CINs and DSRIP, oh my!
I was very proud to accept Caradigm’s award for the HIMSS ConCert Certification of Open Exchange