HIMSSCast: Don Rucker’s fresh takes on the progress of FHIR, TEFCA and more
Dr. Donald Rucker, former national coordinator for healthcare IT and current chief strategy officer for 1upHealth, recently spoke with HIMSCast to share his views on some key interoperability policies and trends. In this episode, hear what the data expert had to say about the future of FHIR, TEFCA and other information sharing requirements.
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Discussion points:
- Cures Act exemptions for TEFCA – information about blocking allowances.
- Querying endpoints and patient access to their medical records.
- Health data existing beyond EHRs and the future of personalized medicine.
- Data privacy under HIPAA and multi-party data sharing through QHINs.
- Special requests for sharing information outside of certain QHINs.
- Opportunities for AI in data sharing.
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Andrea Fox is editor-in-chief of Healthcare IT News.
Email: afox@himss.org
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