Jon Udell A conversation with John Halamka about health information exchange

What is so interesting about this podcast is the way that fundamental technology and architecture decisions are determined by political and medical culture.

Federated trust relationships; SOA. 'In New England it is illegal for a clinician to gather information from other systems even if the patient has given consent.'

Opt-in
- Patients are asked if they want to opt -in to data sharing. 96% of patients have agreed to share data within their local community. 40,000 patients; 10 patients a month run a security sudit on their data. Idea of patient as steward of their own data - very new in the US. (and the UK).

Continuity of Care Document - basic information in a transportable way. Commission for Certification of Healthcare Technology.

Outcomes measurement is an opportunity.

Semantic agreements work going on. Avoiding getting bogged down in taxonomy perfection.

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