With Apple consulting Argonaut Project on health records, interoperability could get the push it needs

Healthcare IT News June 27, 2017
Mike Miliard

HL7 collaborative chief says aggregating records on the iPhone could lead consumers to help solve the interoperability problem themselves.

Apple is said to be working with the Argonaut Project to integrate more electronic health data with the iPhone, a move experts say could go a long way towards advancing medical record interoperability.

Participants in the Argonaut Project – an HL7-led initiative focused on expanding the use of open standards for health data exchange, notably HL7’s FHIR specification – are some of the industry’s most notable vendors and providers: Accenture, athenahealth, Cerner, Epic, McKesson, Meditech, Surescripts, The Advisory Board Company, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare, Mayo Clinic, Partners HealthCare.

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