A new post on HHS’ Idea Lab blog announced a two-day Code-A-Thon it plans to host in April to encourage a cross-pollination of ideas. The post also delves deeper into why FHIR standards hold promise to improve data exchange in healthcare.
“Major players across the healthcare industry have switched on to FHIR (just Google ‘Project Argonaut’ for more background on activities in the commercial sector),” wrote Mark Scrimshire, entrepreneur-in-residence for HHS and CMS.
Mr. Scrimshire outlines how federal agencies, including the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration, among many others, are also “playing with FHIR” to solve important health data problems.
The Code-A-Thon will take place April 1-2, 2016 in Washington, D.C. It will include an innovation competition and the winners will have the chance to showcase their work at the Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C. in May. Additionally, the post urges readers to complete a survey on who is using FHIR standards and how.
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