# Data Interoperability * **Definition:** The ability of different healthcare information systems, devices, and applications to communicate, exchange, and use data effectively and seamlessly, ensuring that patient information is accessible and usable across various platforms to improve patient care and health outcomes. * **Taxonomy:** CTO Topics / Data Interoperability ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Data Interoperability**, for healthcare technology leaders * 6.2K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/27/2025 | [**Rural Healthcare Challenges: How AI & Telemedicine Can Improve Access - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/27/rural-healthcare-challenges-how-ai-telemedicine-can-improve-access/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/16/2025 | [**How Payer-Provider Collaboration is Creating A More Patient-Friendly Healthcare Industry**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/16/how-payer-provider-collaboration-is-creating-a-more-patient-friendly-healthcare-industry/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/16/2025 | [**Advances In HealthTech App Development For Remote Vaccine Monitoring - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/05/16/advances-in-healthtech-app-development-for-remote-vaccine-monitoring/) | [[Forbes]] | | 5/16/2025 | [**Medical SaaS System Market Size, Trends, Strategic Leaders & Segment Winners 2033**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/medical-saas-system-market-size-trends-strategic-leaders-yxxse) | [[Linkedin]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**AMN Healthcare: AI-led Staffing for Compassionate and High-quality Care**](https://www.healthtechmagazines.com/amn-healthcare-ai-led-staffing-for-compassionate-and-high-quality-care/) | [[Health Tech Magazines]] | | 4/14/2025 | [**Rapid Expansion of Healthcare Outsourcing Market to Reach $662 Billion by 2028, Driven ...**](https://www.newswire.com/news/rapid-expansion-of-healthcare-outsourcing-market-to-reach-662-billion-22551235) | [[Newswire]] | | 4/14/2025 | [**Rapid Expansion of Healthcare Outsourcing Market to Reach $662 Billion by 2028, Driven ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rapid-expansion-healthcare-outsourcing-market-120000654.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 4/10/2025 | [**Google Cloud healthcare agentic AI and AI transformation solutions - PwC**](https://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology/alliances/google-cloud/healthcare-ai-agents-solutions.html) | [[PWC]] | | 4/1/2025 | [**Medical Software Market is expected to surpass $120 billion by 2034 - Exactitude Consultancy**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/medical-software-market-expected-surpass-112200753.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/20/2025 | [**OURA Appoints Ricky Bloomfield, MD as Chief Medical Officer - Morningstar**](https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20250320135730/ura-appoints-ricky-bloomfield-md-as-chief-medical-officer) | [[Morningstar]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**How the fastest-growing C-suite role is evolving at health systems**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/how-the-fastest-growing-c-suite-role-is-evolving-at-health-systems.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 1/31/2025 | [**Deloitte Earns Top Recognition in Healthcare IT for AI, Cloud, and Digital Innovation, Black ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deloitte-earns-top-recognition-healthcare-194500093.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/16/2025 | [**Healthcare IT Integration Market Size to Hit USD 12.97 Billion by 2032, Growing at a 12.69AGR**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/healthcare-integration-market-size-hit-141200374.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/7/2025 | [**Surgical Information Systems (SIS) Earns Tenth Consecutive #1 Client Rating in Ambulatory ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/surgical-information-systems-sis-earns-140000248.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/3/2025 | [**Robert Goodman on LinkedIn: Generative AI in healthcare: Adoption trends and what's next**](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robertbgoodman_generative-ai-in-healthcare-adoption-trends-activity-7280595413026451456--675) | [[Linkedin]] | | 12/7/2024 | [**Wearable Blood Pressure Monitoring Device Market Study Offers Insightful Analysis and ... - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wearable-blood-pressure-monitoring-device-market-study-offers-upzle) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/25/2024 | [**Healthcare Data Monetization Market Report: Demographics to Target with Forecast CAGR ...**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/healthcare-data-monetization-market-report-demographics-53jmc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/22/2024 | [**The size of the Cloud Technologies in Health Care Market, industry trends, and the 12.3 ... - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/size-cloud-technologies-health-care-marketindustry-trends-mvuye) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/11/2024 | [**Healthcare Cloud Computing Market to Grow by USD 98.6 Billion from 2024-2028, as Integrated Services Drive Demand with AI-Powered Market Evolution - Technavio**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-cloud-computing-market-to-grow-by-usd-98-6-billion-from-2024-2028--as-integrated-services-drive-demand-with-ai-powered-market-evolution---technavio-302300785.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 11/4/2024 | [**Ready to transform healthcare? Get ready for AI**](https://www.healthcaredive.com/spons/ready-to-transform-healthcare-get-ready-for-ai/731163/) | [[Healthcare Dive]] | | 10/22/2024 | [**Opportunities and Challenges in the Healthcare Cloud Computing Market - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opportunities-challenges-healthcare-cloud-computing-market-ovbue) | [[Linkedin]] | | 8/19/2024 | [**AI in healthcare and other emerging technologies: PwC**](https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/health-industries/library/ai-and-healthcare-emerging-technologies.html) | [[PWC]] | | 8/8/2024 | [**Novel AI model may enhance health data interoperability - Medical Xpress**](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-ai-health-interoperability.html) | [[MedicalXpress]] | | 8/8/2024 | [**Novel AI model may enhance health data interoperability**](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/novel-ai-model-may-enhance-health-data-interoperability/ar-AA1osEyk) | msn.com | | 12/17/2020 | [**Centene, Optum Ventures back $18M investment in Diameter Health to spur health data interoperability**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/centene-optum-ventures-back-18m-investment-diameter-health-to-spur-health-data) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **USCDI**: The US Core Data for Interoperability outlines the minimum data elements required for health data exchange. - **Edifecs**: A company specializing in interoperability solutions that streamline healthcare operations and improve data exchange. - **HealthCommonsProject**: An organization focused on enhancing healthcare access and quality through improved data interoperability and care coordination. - **121G Consulting**: Developer of the 10Bridge interoperability platform, facilitating secure data sharing between electronic health record systems and external applications. - **ESO**: Emergency data services provider enhancing interoperability through acquisitions. - **Google Cloud**: Offers advanced technologies for data harmonization and interoperability in healthcare, facilitating real-time insights. - **Huron Consulting Group**: Specializes in interoperability and clinical IT advisory, implementing FHIR standards to improve data exchange. - **Micky Tripathi**: National Coordinator for Health IT, emphasizing the importance of data interoperability in cancer care. - **Arcadia**: Healthcare data platform focusing on interoperability commitments to improve healthcare delivery. - **Consensus Cloud Solutions**: Recognized for secure data exchange and interoperability solutions in healthcare. - **MRO Corp**: A company that enhances clinical data interoperability through automated data retrieval solutions. - **TEFCA**: The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement aims to create a nationwide system of interconnected networks for health data interoperability. - **Tuva Health**: The world's first open-source healthcare data transformation platform, aimed at improving data analytics and interoperability among healthcare stakeholders. - **DHHS**: The Department of Health and Human Services is involved in standardizing health data capture and exchange. - **1upHealth**: A leader in computable interoperability, recognized for its FHIR platform and commitment to information security, collaborating with over 80 organizations. - **TheSequoiaProject**: An organization that initiated a pharmacy workgroup to address interoperability gaps in pharmacy data. - **Infor**: Provider of the Cloverleaf Data Integration Platform, which is now interoperable with NVIDIA's Holoscan AI platform, enhancing data sharing in medical devices. - **Netsmart**: Offers cloud-based EHR solutions tailored for public health, emphasizing interoperability and data security. - **Smile Digital Health**: Provider of FHIR-based health data solutions, enhancing interoperability and compliance in healthcare. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Arcadia and Tufts Medicine**: Collaboration to develop a FHIR-based cancer data-sharing API to enhance interoperability. - **Health Commons Project and OneHealthPort**: Acquisition aimed at improving data interoperability and care coordination in Washington State. - **WellSky and Kno2**: Partnership to facilitate secure information exchange across various health information entities, enhancing data interoperability. - **Infor and NVIDIA**: Integration of Cloverleaf Data Integration Platform with NVIDIA's Holoscan AI platform to enhance data sharing in medical devices. - **J2 Interactive and Morph**: Formed a strategic partnership to leverage AI technologies for improved data management in healthcare. - **121G Consulting and Epic**: Integration of the 10Bridge platform into Epic's Showroom Connection Hub to improve data sharing capabilities. - **Verisma and Olah Healthcare Technology**: Acquisition aimed at improving data management and interoperability in healthcare. - **TheSequoiaProject and Surescripts**: Collaboration to enhance health intelligence sharing to include pharmacists, improving patient care quality. - **ESO and Logis Solutions**: Acquisition aimed at integrating data and workflows across emergency response services. - **1upHealth**: Announced the release of its 1up Platform for scalable data management and real-time health data exchange. - **Cotiviti and Edifecs**: The acquisition aims to enhance interoperability and connectivity in healthcare, improving collaboration between payers and providers. - **Smile Digital Health and FirePower Capital**: Financing agreement to enhance FHIR-based health data solutions and improve interoperability. - **AWS and General Catalyst**: This partnership focuses on developing AI-powered solutions to enhance healthcare interoperability and operational efficiency. - **TELUS Health and Nova Scotia Health**: Launched a health data interoperability initiative allowing residents to access primary care information through the YourHealthNS app, marking Canada's first large-scale effort to standardize primary care data. - **Bayer and Google Cloud**: Collaboration to develop AI-powered medical imaging applications, emphasizing connectivity and interoperability. - **HaH Project**: A collaboration between IPS, Digital Medicine Society, and Consumer Technology Association to enhance at-home healthcare. - **HealthCommonsProject and OneHealthPort**: The acquisition aims to integrate OneHealthPort's capabilities into Health Commons Project's network to improve healthcare delivery and public health initiatives. - **Unite Us**: Collaborates with healthcare systems to integrate social determinants of health into clinical practices. - **SEQSTER PDM Inc. and Antidote Technologies**: Collaboration to enhance patient identification for clinical trials, improving recruitment and engagement. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Interoperability Initiatives**: Efforts like TEFCA (Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement) are gaining traction to enhance data sharing across healthcare systems. - **National Digital Health Mission in India**: An initiative to improve data interoperability across healthcare platforms. - **USCDI Standards**: Efforts to enhance data standards for better communication in cancer care. - **TEFCA**: The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement aims to enhance data interoperability across the healthcare ecosystem. - **Open-source Data Platforms**: Tuva Health launched an open-source platform to enhance data analytics and interoperability in healthcare. - **WHO's Digital Health Network**: Established to address barriers to technology use in healthcare, focusing on improving interoperability among member states. - **AI and Machine Learning**: Emerging technologies in healthcare that offer applications for improving data interoperability and patient care personalization. - **HTI-2 Rule**: A proposed rule by HHS to enhance interoperability and transparency in electronic health information, introducing new certification criteria focused on standards-based APIs. - **Blockchain Technology**: Provides secure, decentralized systems for managing electronic health records, enhancing interoperability. - **FHIR Standards**: Adoption of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) to standardize data exchange and improve interoperability. - **Civitas Networks for Health Annual Conference**: Themed 'Bridging Data and Doing,' focusing on developments in health data sharing, community health, and health equity. - **Healthcare SaaS Market**: Growth driven by demand for cloud-based applications that enhance interoperability. - **Cloud-AI Integrated Analytics Framework (CAIAF)**: A framework providing real-time data-driven insights to enhance diagnostics and treatment planning, achieving high interoperability success rates. - **Cloud Computing**: Cloud infrastructure is enhancing telehealth services and improving data accessibility and efficiency. - **Cloud Computing in Healthcare**: Rapidly evolving market driven by the need for improved data management and operational efficiency. - **Healthcare Cloud Computing**: Utilizes cloud technology for storing and managing healthcare data, enhancing interoperability and reducing operational costs, with a projected CAGR of 4.1% from 2024 to 2031. - **AI and Cloud Computing**: The integration of AI and cloud technologies is revolutionizing healthcare by enhancing data interoperability, improving patient outcomes, and streamlining operations. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Data Interoperability**: Despite advancements, data interoperability remains a significant challenge, hindering seamless data flow across healthcare systems. - **Data Interoperability Risks**: Dr. Babatope Fatuyi emphasizes the need for secure and compliant data exchange practices to mitigate risks associated with recent data breaches and ensure patient care. - **Interoperability Issues**: Despite advancements, many healthcare systems still struggle with integrating disparate data sources and ensuring seamless data exchange. - **Data Interoperability Gaps**: Only 17% of hospitals can send interoperable health information to long-term care providers. - **Data Silos**: Fragmented data and interoperability issues hinder effective healthcare delivery and population health management. - **Integration Issues**: Despite advancements, data integration and user adoption remain challenges in achieving full interoperability across healthcare systems. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Healthcare organizations face challenges in navigating complex regulations while ensuring interoperability and data sharing. - **Fragmented IT Systems**: Melissa Cohen from Cayuga Health System stresses the urgency of addressing interoperability issues, noting that fragmented systems lead to inefficiencies and errors in patient care. - **Legacy Systems**: Outdated systems create barriers to interoperability, trapping vital patient information and increasing administrative burdens. - **Integration Costs**: High initial implementation costs and the need for skilled IT professionals hinder the growth of interoperability solutions. - **Workforce Shortages**: The healthcare industry is experiencing workforce shortages, impacting the implementation of interoperability solutions. - **Data Fragmentation**: Healthcare organizations face challenges in providing coordinated care due to fragmented data systems and limited visibility. - **Data Privacy Concerns**: Challenges related to data privacy and the complexity of integrating new technologies. - **Data Security**: Concerns regarding the security of shared health data, necessitating robust security measures. - **Patient Access to Data**: Patients often struggle to share their medical information across different providers, especially in emergencies. - **Data Security and Privacy**: Concerns regarding compliance with regulations like HIPAA and GDPR hinder widespread adoption of EHR systems. ## Related Topics [[Interoperability]]; [[Data Privacy and Interoperability]]; [[Healthcare Interoperability]]; [[Interoperability Issues]]; [[Interoperability Initiatives]]; [[Data Integration]]; [[Interoperability Limitations]]