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There is a need to bring nontraditional organizations into value-based efforts, says Lynn Carroll, COO HSBlox.
Josh Wilda, University of Iowa Health Care's AVP for information systems and CIDO, says that healthcare organizations can maximize TEFCA access to streamline and improve data exchange costs.
Max Silber, VP of mobility and IoT at MetTel, says recent Federal Communications Commission mandates to retire legacy copper voice service lines could pose unexpected safety risks to rural providers. Don't wait until the fax machine breaks, he warns.
Continued funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program requires integrated data across providers. Making it easy for them to connect virtually to state systems is vital, says Dr. Tim Ferris, InterSystems' VP of healthcare practice.