Interoperability is essential for improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of care delivery. Beyond traditional care delivery, the secure exchange of electronic health information is a key factor in improved health care and agency responses to public health emergencies. Despite these benefits, achieving interoperability is a complex and challenging task requiring careful assessment and planning with both state entities and health care providers. Briljent partnered with the Hawaii Health Information Exchange (HHIE) and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) will assess the readiness of state health care providers to implement future changes in health data exchange standards. It is essential that Hawaii leverages difficult lessons learned from the Maui wildfires and COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a robust, interoperable statewide health data exchange system to be fully prepared for seamless, effective health care during the next emergency. Session attendees will learn how the readiness assessment was completed and our results.
2. Explore the complexities and challenges involved in achieving interoperability, including the necessary collaboration between state entities and health care providers.
3. Identify the steps for assessing the readiness of Hawaii’s health care providers for upcoming changes in health data exchange standards.