Visitors to the IHE HIMSS08 Interoperability Showcase participate in a clinical scenario demonstration.

(see: http://www.interoperabilityshowcase.org/himss09/index.asp)

Visit the Software Partners booth #7463 while you are there!

The HIMSS09 Interoperability Showcase is the premier forum highlighting the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise’s (IHE) common framework. If your organization has not participated in past Showcases, it is missing a truly unique opportunity to showcase your organization’s commitment to healthcare interoperability.

The HIMSS08 Interoperability Showcase in Orlando Florida demonstrated multiple U.S. health information exchanges (HIEs/RHIOs) using clinical scenarios. At its U.S-based conferences, HIMSS partners with many government-sponsored activities including CAQH, DOD, HISTP, VA and many others to demonstrate the breadth and depth of work occurring within and between organizations. At its conferences on other continents, HIMSS also partners with relevant health ministries and other organizations demonstrating interoperability in those regions. [To learn more, visit links to Showcases in Asia and Europe].

The clinical scenarios in the HIMSS08 U.S Showcase focused on clinician and patient access and information sharing across the full continuum of care and also highlighted the IHE framework for delivering interoperability across local, regional and national health information networks. IHE is a global initiative that creates the framework for passing vital health information seamlessly—from application to application, system to system and setting to setting—across multiple healthcare enterprises. Click here to learn more about IHE.