By JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH
A few weeks ago, WTF Health took the show on the road to Australiaās digital health conference, HIC 2019. We captured more than 30 interviews (!) from the conference, which is run by the Health Informatics Society of Australia (hence the HISA Studio branding) and I had the opportunity to chat with most of the Australian Digital Health Agencyās leadership, many administrators from the countryās largest health systems, and a number of health informaticians, clinicians, and patients. Iāll be spotlighting a few of my favorites here in a four-part series to give you a flavor of whatās happening in health innovation āDown Under.ā For much more, check out all the videos on the playlist here.
Iād like to kick off the series with my interview on all things interoperability with arguably the most famous Australian in health tech, Grahame Grieve.
Grahame Grieve, āthe Father of FHIRā architected healthcareās best shot at EMR data interoperability when he founded HL7ās Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), but have you heard what prompted Grahame to pursue creating a common standard for electronic health data exchange in the first place? Grahame shares the surprisingly personal and emotional story and weighs in how he thinks FHIR adoption is going so far. If your business has anything to do with health IT, EMR, or healthcareās play in big data, be sure to tune in to find out whatās next for FHIR, whether or not Big Techās new role in healthcare can help speed up adoption, and if Grahame thinks weāll ever finally solve healthcareās interoperability problem.
Filmed in the HISA Studio at HIC 2019 in Melbourne, Australia, August 2019.