The Sequoia Project https://www.sequoiaproject.org, a non-profit and advocate for health information exchange, is launching the Data Usability Workgroup to tackle barriers to interoperability. There will be an open call for participation in advance of the first kick-off call on Thursday October 29 at 3:00 P.M. ET.
“We’re excited to work with the broader healthcare and health IT community to address important barriers to interoperability,” said Mariann Yeager, CEO, The Sequoia Project. “We value input from all stakeholders who have successfully laid the infrastructure for sharing and are ready to take a closer look at how we can improve the value of the data actually exchanged across that infrastructure.”
She continued to say, “We invite differing views and know that the workgroup will reach a consensus for what is best for the public’s good, not only for immediately enhancing the usability of data that is exchanged today, but for laying the groundwork required to deliver on the promise of future technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence.”
“This new workgroup is a broadening next evolution of a similar previous industry effort I was part of in 2018”, said Dr. Steven Lane, Clinical Informatics Director, Privacy, Information Security and Interoperability at Sutter Health and Chairman of The Sequoia Project Board of Directors.
He reports “That small group reached consensus on guidance to improve interoperable data exchange across their users. Now The Sequoia Project will build on this work to achieve even greater government and industry participation and adoption of the future implementation guides.”
The Workgroup, part of Sequoia Project’s Interoperability Matters cooperative, will develop specific implementation guidance on clinical content for healthcare professionals in order to improve health information exchange.
The first goal of the Data Usability Workgroup is to develop three implementation guides focusing on data usability requirements for provider-to-provider, provider-to-public health agencies, and healthcare entity-to-consumer information exchange. Since these use case are broad, the workgroup will identify priority elements to address within each of these use cases for its first deliverable.
The Workgroup will meet every Thursday through April 1, 2021 and is open to all interested public and private stakeholders, regardless of any affiliation with The Sequoia Project, which will ensure a diverse membership across the healthcare landscape.
The meeting schedule will be revisited in April for Phase 2. For more information on how to participate in the Data Usability Workgroup and to complete the volunteer registration form, go to https://www.sequoiaproject.org.
The meeting schedule will be revisited in April for Phase 2. For more information on how to participate in the Data Usability Workgroup and to complete the volunteer registration form, go to https://www.sequoiaproject.org.