Recommendations for achieving interoperable and shareable medical data in the USA

Ana Szarfman; Jonathan G. Levine; Joseph M. Tonning; Frank Weichold; John C. Bloom; Janice M. Soreth; Mark Geanacopoulos; Lawrence Callahan; Matthew Spotnitz; Qin Ryan; Meg Pease-Fye; John S. Brownstein; W. Ed Hammond; Christian Reich; Russ B. Altman

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00148-x

Communications Medicine (Jul 2022)

Recommendations for achieving interoperable and shareable medical data in the USA

Ana Szarfman,
Jonathan G. Levine,
Joseph M. Tonning,
Frank Weichold,
John C. Bloom,
Janice M. Soreth,
Mark Geanacopoulos,
Lawrence Callahan,
Matthew Spotnitz,
Qin Ryan,
Meg Pease-Fye,
John S. Brownstein,
W. Ed Hammond,
Christian Reich,
Russ B. Altman

Affiliations

Ana Szarfman: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Jonathan G. Levine: Independent Researcher
Joseph M. Tonning: Your Health Concierge, Inc.
Frank Weichold: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
John C. Bloom: College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
Janice M. Soreth: Independent Medical Consultant
Mark Geanacopoulos: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Lawrence Callahan: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Matthew Spotnitz: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Qin Ryan: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Meg Pease-Fye: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
John S. Brownstein: Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital
W. Ed Hammond: Duke Center for Health Informatics, Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Christian Reich: Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics
Russ B. Altman: Departments of Bioengineering, Genetics & Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00148-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Szarfman et al. discuss the importance of efficient, easy access to large quantities of health data to improve medical care and further medical research. They outline the issues currently experienced accessing and exchanging data in the USA and provide recommendations for how to improve data access and exchange.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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