In the US, MEDITECH has launched a new EHR-agnostic health information exchange network to facilitate health data sharing between organisations, focusing on bringing together data to offer a “comprehensive view” of patient history and enable patient health records to follow them wherever they seek care.
The network, Traverse Exchange, also enables customers to connect with other networks, public health agencies, and data sharing networks, with an “embedded record locator service” making it easier to find patient information nationwide, and using a “federated query-based approach” to help protect patient privacy and security.
With plans to launch in Q3 of 2024, more information is set to be shared during MEDITECH’S annual conference, which will take place from 25 – 27 September in Massachusetts.
Mike Cordeiro, senior director of interoperability market and product strategy at MEDITECH, highlighted how the network would help to remove “one of the greatest barriers to interoperability” by giving physicians the power to draw data together from multiple organisations, adding: “Physicians will no longer need to sift through multiple large CCDs or data exports to obtain necessary information. By embedding interoperability directly within their native workflows, they can precisely access what they need when needed. It also lays the groundwork for more advanced data analysis as we look to additional AI and machine learning solutions.”
This latest news builds on MEDITECH’s successful roll-out of the Traverse Exchange Canada interoperability solution, which supports the flow of information from across Canadian health organisations into any EHR which complies with interoperability standards.
In other news from North America, DIGITAL, a Canadian global innovation cluster for digital technologies, has announced a commitment worth an estimated $44 million to develop and deploy AI tech, with the aim of supporting healthcare providers and enhancing patient outcomes.
And back in the US, the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Coordinating Center has announced that its Chat 4 Heart Health trial will be moving to the implementation phase, after receiving approval to test the “comparative effectiveness” of text message delivery strategies for encouraging self-management for cardiovascular health.
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