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In the United States as recently as 2009, health records are kept = either as paper documents or in database silos proprietary to monolithic he= alth information systems such as Epic and Cerner. More importantly, t= he semantics of the information is also proprietary which means the exchang= e of even high level information between systems is impossible, much less f= or patients, who are left with gaps and inconsistencies in their personal h= ealthcare information.
On February 17, 2009, the American Reinvestment Recovery Act (ARRA= ) was enacted to modernize the US health system through the He= alth Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health A= ct (HITECH) which included initiatives to digitize health records (EHR) and= incentivize health care providers to use standards based clinical terminol= ogies so medical knowledge is semantically interoperable.
In general these measures known as Meaningful Use (MU) are oversee= n by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with 5 goals:
We are currently in the third iteration of Meaningful Use, MU3. no= w called MIPS/MACRA. MIPS/MACRA is centered around value based c= are as opposed to volume based care and penalizes health systems that do no= t demonstrate better value. In addition, the MIPS/MACRA prime di= rective is to ensure the patient has access to their personal health inform= ation, can understand what it means, and can manage how it is used.<= /p>
In order to meet these goals, health systems are grappling with so= lutions to make healthcare information available and semantically interoper= able. A permissioned Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provides a s= olution to existing silos of information. It is the mission of this subgrou= p to demonstrate how health information can be made interoperable and excha= nged with equal meaning amongst all participants.
The problem of portability for healthcare information is not just = a problem in the US,and all solutions provided by this sub-group are meant = to be universal and will source existing technologies from international he= althcare institutions.
To review the full text of the Healthcare Interoperability Subgroup Charter, please view here.
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The HC-SIG Healthcare Interoperability Subgroup has the following = goals:
Work products of the Interoperable Healthcare subgroup include, bu= t are not limited to:
HIS-SIG Meetings are scheduled twi= ce monthly for one hour. Meetings will discuss progress on tasks assi= gned in the previous meeting and any impediments or findings. General= discussion to focus on topics posted in the agenda will follow. Agen= da items can be proposed by individual members in advance of the meeting.&n= bsp; Time will be given for new member introductions and open floor topics.= Finally, discussion of = work proposed for upcoming meetings, task creation and task assignment.&nbs= p; All Hyperledger meetings a= re run covered by the following Antitrust Policy.=
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