Path to Production: Advancing Interoperability for Emergency Medicine Services
The Path to Production Series is a use case-focused digital event where healthcare-focused organizations at all levels of maturity can learn more about key interoperability challenges and how to deploy interoperability using existing and emerging standards and profiles. This free-to-attend digital series with curated on-demand interoperability educational content, provides a space for community knowledge transfer, a forum for collective problem solving, and guidance on effectively deploying real-world digital health solutions.
IHE USA (powered by HIMSS) and NEMSIS (powered by NHTSA’s Office of EMS) are partnering to advance interoperability for EMS Systems to better support First Responders, Emergency Medicine Services, and Disaster Response. The EMS community can advance interoperability by leveraging existing interoperability standards, regulatory building blocks, and health IT infrastructure which will accelerate the modernization of EMS systems and improved interoperability to inform analytics, business intelligence and improved patient health outcomes.
NEXT EVENT: EMS eOutcomes Task Force Launch February 16, 2023 | 11:00am MT
Join us on the path as we zoom in on Interoperability within the Emergency Medical Services sphere with our Industry Listening Session: Advancing EMS Interoperability, a live interoperability roundtable discussion with the NEMSIS TAC and other EMS interoperability stakeholders focusing on the applicability of the IHE International Patient Summary to EMS and other interoperability efforts. The listening session will be live, January 26th, at 8:30am CT.
To prepare for this discussion and learn more about IHE, register for the event and explore related On Demand content:
• Interoperability Document Sharing Masterclass
• IHE Deep Dive: How the International Patient Summary IHE Profile Works
• Advancing the International Patient Summary Through Collaboration
New to Interoperability, IHE, or wanting to focus on a specific topic? Register for the event and check out our Tracks focused on Intro to IHE, Advanced Interoperability Stakeholders, Maternal Health, International Patient Summary, and EMS.
IHE USA curated free specialized education sessions for Health IT Developers to help provide a hands-on introduction to basic query operations. These first meetings were focused on 2022 IHE Connectathon preparation and provided an introduction to querying certified Health IT using industry standard interoperability specifications. IHE USA will be hosting additional sessions in February 2023, for the lead up to the North American Connectathon in Austin, TX from March 6-10.
- Health IT Developers: Introduction to CDA/FHIR Queries for Health Information
(3-4pm EST) Friday Afternoons - Next Sessions (TBD)
Take advantage of this unique learning opportunity geared towards supporting Emergency Medicine Services and the NEMSIS Community: 1:1 instruction, Q/A sessions, and specific examples of working code. Discussions will focus on EMS community needs, however, any stakeholders interested in learning about how to query ONC Certified Health IT for health information are welcome!
Questions about participating in any of these initiatives can be directed to iheusa@himss.org.