Healthcare Interoperability: SNOMEDCT and Shared Clinical Meaning

Our CEO Lee Perkins shares his latest article with techUK “Smarter systems, stronger outcomes: The real foundations of NHS transformation.” Lee explores how the ambition for an “NHS fit for the future” relies on strong digital foundations, better data sharing and smarter systems that improve productivity and patient outcomes. At Civica, we enable this transformation with interoperable, data-driven solutions that help health and care organisations deliver more efficient, connected services for citizens. 👉 Read the full article on techUK https://ow.ly/b72x50Xq1FT #Civica #GovTechChampion #DigitalHealth #NHS #HealthTech #PublicSector #Innovation

Monday Morning Update 10/27/25 - HIStalk Exciting developments in healthcare IT! Humana and Providence are collaborating to launch a scalable data exchange using HL7 FHIR standards and modern APIs, aiming to streamline administrative processes and enhance interoperability for value-based care. Their first initiative, focused on member attribution for Medicare Advantage, goes live this month. Meanwhile, discussions around title usage in healthcare spark debate, emphasizing the need for clarity and relevance in patient interactions. As we navigate these changes, let’s prioritize effective communication and technological integration to improve patient care. #HealthcareIT #Interoperability #ValueBasedCare #HL7 #DataExchange #HealthTech #PatientCare ai.mediformatica.com #histalk #doctor #patients #medicare #about #collaboration #data #humana #leadership #medicareadvantage #news #provider #digitalhealth #healthit #healthtech #healthcaretechnology @MediFormatica (https://buff.ly/sBY1Ybq)

API integration is transforming Electronic Health Records by enhancing data interoperability, streamlining clinical workflows, improving patient care through real-time data access, and reducing administrative burdens. As healthcare continues to evolve, embracing API integration will be essential for delivering efficient, patient-centred care. smartData Enterprises Inc. https://lnkd.in/gpVTir5t

🏥 Proud to announce a transformative partnership between Cleveland Clinic and Axuall, bringing next-generation provider data integrity to healthcare. Together, we've launched Axuall Sync—co-developed with Cleveland Clinic—to address one of the most persistent and costly challenges in our industry: inaccurate, incomplete provider data. In just three days, Sync updated 50,000 external provider records for Cleveland Clinic, enriching each with over 20 new and missing data fields, and identifying critical NPI corrections that prevent billing errors and support seamless patient care coordination. Learn more about how we’re building the future of provider data integrity and healthcare workforce intelligence: https://lnkd.in/g8P9dr5h #HealthcareInnovation #ProviderData #WorkforceIntelligence #Axuall #ClevelandClinic #HealthIT #DigitalTransformation #AIinHealthcare

🚨🎥Hospital leaders—watch ImageTrend CGO Joe Graw discuss the real-world pros of EMS-hospital interoperability! Hospital leaders are sitting on one of the most powerful—and underused—signals they have: prehospital (EMS) data. With 1 in 3 ED visits arriving by EMS, what happens before the patient hits the door matters for care, operations, and strategy.🏥📈 💡In cooperation with HIMSS, in this 45-minute on-demand session, “Uncovering Insights: The Impact of Prehospital Data on Hospital Patient Care and Operations,” Joe explores how: ✅A 100%-compliant NEMSIS dataset scales across regions so leaders can trust coverage, compare facilities/markets, and prioritize efforts. ✅ImageTrend's Health Information Hub maps NEMSIS to HL7, delivers EMS records into the hospital EHR, and returns outcomes back to EMS—cutting re-entry work and closing the feedback loop. ✅Automation (like ePCR ingestion and pre-arrival trauma activations) speeds intake and improves clinical readiness. ✅Our Market Intelligence solution tracks EMS market share, referral patterns, leakage, and transfers to inform capacity planning and protect key referral streams. 👉 Watch on demand: https://hubs.la/Q03SQ4T60 #HealthIT #Interoperability #EMS #Hospitals #NEMSIS #HL7 #CareCoordination #DataDriven #HealthcareAnalytics

🚨🎥 Hospital leaders, unlock the value of EMS-hospital interoperability! With 1 in 3 ED visits via EMS, prehospital data is key for improving care, operations, and strategy. In this HIMSS on-demand session, ImageTrend CGO Joe Graw explores: ✅ Leveraging NEMSIS data for insights. ✅ Integrating EMS data into EHRs with ImageTrend’s Health Information Hub. ✅ Automating workflows for faster, better care. 👉 Watch now: https://hubs.la/Q03SQ4T60 #HealthIT #EMS #Interoperability #HealthcareAnalytics #CareCoordination

Variability of care - where different clinicians may make different decisions for similar case - is a key challenge for fast-growing healthcare environments in APAC. “We need solutions that empower health services and clinicians with data and real-world evidence to drive better decision making. This can be achieved by unifying teams around evidence-based guidance, decreasing variability and improving consistency," says Regional Director of APAC, Wolters Kluwer Health, Mr Hong Nguyen. Learn more about Wolters Kluwer's new UpToDate Enterprise Edition, which features AI-enhanced search, allowing clinicians to ‘talk’ to it naturally, as if consulting with a colleague; and AI-powered analytics dashboard with insights into drug trends, condition prevalence, and clinical usage patterns at an enterprise level. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gPGFSe4C #ClinicalDecisionSupport #HealthcareAI #EvidenceBasedCare #APAChealthcare

Why do we keep moving the goalposts? The rollback of early healthcare IT regulatory policies was a wake-up call. For years, I assumed regulations would stack on top of each other, each one moving us closer to better data, better care, and more connected systems. Instead, a lot of them have been pulled back or watered down. It’s a reminder of how fickle healthcare regulation really is. I’ve lived through enough of these cycles to recognize the pattern. The intention starts out solid, data reconciliation and interoperability requirements, gender equity (SOGI), radiology appropriate use criteria (AUC). All designed to improve care, reduce disparities, or streamline billing. But once the policies hit the real world, they collapse into button-clicking exercises. Checking boxes. Filling forms. Extra work with little to no clinical value. Radiology use criteria was supposed to help clinicians make better choices. In practice? It never really worked and was eventually scrapped. There was no carrot at the end of the stick. That’s where the skepticism comes from. Every time a regulatory advisor says, you have to do this, it’s critical, I can’t help but ask: is it really? What value is this driving? Because I’ve watched too many “critical” initiatives disappear without a trace once the politics shifted. Interoperability is the poster child for this problem. Ten years of speeches, promises, and new rules—nothing changes. The tech giants still wall off their ecosystems and health systems still keep patients locked inside their networks. The only people who want true interoperability are patients—and they’re the ones with the least power in the system. Information blocking has technically been banned for years, yet we see it every day. Smaller vendors try to fight it, but they’re outgunned by the big EMRs who will spend millions protecting their moat. The dirty secret that people are starting to say out loud is that if the walls come down, the business model collapses. On top of that, the regulatory landscape itself has become noise. CMS might get rolled up, JCAHO might get merged, new acronyms get invented every year. Hospitals are left wondering which rules matter and which ones will be reversed by the next administration. Meanwhile, the work piles up on things that don’t move the needle. Ceiling tiles get audited. Click paths get measured. But the big issues—the ones that actually matter to patients—are left unresolved. Most of these policies start with the right goals in mind, the problem is execution. There is too much bureaucracy, too many lobbyists, too much wasted energy on metrics that look good on paper but never touch patient care. If I had the pen, I’d keep it simple. Forget the hundred half-measures, we’re picking three. Solve interoperability for real, create accountability that can’t be gamed, and focus on value that patients actually feel. Until then, it’s hard not to feel like we’re just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

🚨🎥Hospital leaders—watch ImageTrend CGO Joe Graw discuss the real-world pros of EMS-hospital interoperability! Hospital leaders are sitting on one of the most powerful—and underused—signals they have: prehospital (EMS) data. With 1 in 3 ED visits arriving by EMS, what happens before the patient hits the door matters for care, operations, and strategy.🏥📈 💡In cooperation with HIMSS, this 45-minute on-demand session, “Uncovering Insights: The Impact of Prehospital Data on Hospital Patient Care and Operations,” Joe explores how: ✅A 100%-compliant NEMSIS dataset scales across regions so leaders can trust coverage, compare facilities/markets, and prioritize efforts. ✅ImageTrend's Health Information Hub maps NEMSIS to HL7, delivers EMS records into the hospital EHR, and returns outcomes back to EMS—cutting re-entry work and closing the feedback loop. ✅Automation (like ePCR ingestion and pre-arrival trauma activations) speeds intake and improves clinical readiness. ✅Our Market Intelligence solution tracks EMS market share, referral patterns, leakage, and transfers to inform capacity planning and protect key referral streams. 👉 Watch on demand: https://hubs.la/Q03SPVb90 #HealthIT #Interoperability #EMS #Hospitals #NEMSIS #HL7 #CareCoordination #DataDriven #HealthcareAnalytics

Digital systems deliver the greatest impact when they empower the people who use them. This is achieved not just by digitising records, but by transforming how patients access care and how staff deliver it. 📍 At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Dedalus’ patient portal reduced Did-Not-Attend (DNA) rates by 75%, cut cancellations by two-thirds, and saved thousands of admin hours, all by giving patients control over their bookings. 📍 At Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, CLEO Systems’ EPS freed up 2,866 clinician-days a year by embedding prescribing workflows directly into the EPR, streamlining tasks and restoring time for care. This is what strategic empowerment looks like: smoother pathways, supported staff, and measurable gains in efficiency, safety, and experience. 📘 Making Every Pound Count shows how trusts are embedding empowerment into digital strategy, and turning it into system-wide impact. 👉 Read the Whitepaper now: https://lnkd.in/ezXS7yuY #MakingEveryPoundCount #EPRImpact #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #NHSInnovation #CLEOSystems #Dedalus