Welcome to the CMS HL 7 FHIR Connectathon Hosted by the Office of the Administrator, Health Informatics Office Melanie Combs-Dyer Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, Health Informatics Office January 7 -8, 2020
Interoperability and Our vision for the potential of health information exchange
Healthcare without seamless data exchange. . .
A Connected, Interoperable Healthcare System
What’s next for our Interoperability Strategy? • Continued collaboration with the Standards Community: • Support development of the IGs and industry engagement in work groups • Identify and implement critical use cases for the exchange of healthcare information • Promote industry wide standards for adoption • Support connectathons to test implementation guides • Highlight use cases that prove viability of specifications • Minimize and discourage deployment of unique solutions • Encourage greater stakeholder collaboration & engagement in standards development & testing • Publish the Interoperability rules • Support CMS and industry implementation • Provide Leadership & Guidance • Encourage and support innovation 6
Comments or Questions? 7
The HIPAA Exception Process for Standards Michael Cabral and Dan Kalwa, Division of National Standards 8