Interoperability

Teresa Cope, Manx Care CEO, discusses the Isle of Man's 2026 Innovation Challenge that seeks tools that address the island's health system's needs, including improving access and efficiency for a small, geographically distinct population.

Predictions from Australia to Southeast Asia highlight where AI, telehealth, and platform consolidation are headed next.

Sutter Health's Dr. Richard Milani and Epic's Trevor Berceau talk about Sutter's chronic care program, which integrates readings from remote monitoring devices into the EHR to give doctors continuous insight into patients' conditions.

While HIMSS Media editors anticipate that AI will be used in every layer of healthcare's tech stack in 2026, they stress that governance and human oversight are essential to ensure AI works safely at scale.

According to Kevin Ritter of Altera Digital Health, health systems must go beyond simple information exchange to ensure their data is discrete, normalized and able to flow between multiple applications across the enterprise.

Veradigm's Courtney Yeakel discusses what payers, health systems and others need to know about compliance with CMS' Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule, which takes effect January 1, 2026.

Bob Watson, CEO of Health Gorilla, explains why providers can expect interoperability enforcement under CMS and the advantages of adoption.

At Healthcare 2030 in Washington, D.C., panelists highlighted debated challenges around interoperability, FHIR adoption and the need for industry-wide standards.

Dr. Priyanka Agarwal, HealthEx CEO and cofounder, says the company's data management platform enables patients to view their full medical histories through TEFCA-supported Individual Access Services (IAS) requests.

Kari O'Rourke, president of Imagine Pediatrics, says providers can reduce ER visits and costs by wrapping care around the whole family, unifying fragmented records with technology and addressing child patients' social needs.