HL7 International held Connectathon 9 in Paris on May 10 and followed up with a FHIR Clinician Connect-a-thon on May 15. Both events came at the challenge of interoperability from different angles. Credit: Yann Caradec Connectathon 9 had 4 separate themes:…
Interoperability is a mammoth, catchall topic on the minds of healthcare IT stakeholders everywhere. For most providers, however, the term remains an abstraction. For patients, it likely has little meaning. What matters for both is not some lofty ideal of…
At HIMSS15 in Chicago, there were the usual wall-to-wall session offerings, evening events and impromptu chances to meet with colleagues. Increasingly, there is also a virtual space for engagement running alongside the real-life conference action. While social media can quickly…
