The June HIT Standards Committee

The June HIT Standards Committee focused on an update and evaluation of the standards and interoperability framework initiatives, consistent with the overall theme of ONC’s recent reorganization and strategic plan to focus on fewer goals with a greater depth.   Steve Posnack, who now leads the ONC Office of Standards and Technology, introduced the topic.   Mera Choi and John Feikema provided an overall update.    Evelyn Gallego, Jonathan Coleman, and Marc Hadley described their projects.It was truly an amazing discussion.    The energy in the room was palpable.Common themes included*Embrace FHIR, JSON, REST and OAuth*Avoid a different standard for every use case - research, clinical care, and population health should use the same standards if the standards are suitable for purpose*Limit scope as needed to get real transactions in production *Use emerging technologies whenever possible - use "early automobiles" not faster horses or fancier buggy whips*Keep it simple (as simple as possible but no simpler)*Support modularity and an innovative ecosystem of third party apps with Application Programming Interfaces (read/write) in EHRs*Data provenance (who generated the data) and data integrity/quality are important*Integration of transactions into sender and receiver workflow must be considered*Market forces are even more powerful incentives than certification/regulation*A trust fabric with appropriate security to respect patient privacy preferences ...
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