tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post6908006323001498323..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Standards for Patient Generated Healthcare DataJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-87098166721066013482014-02-14T07:06:21.800-08:002014-02-14T07:06:21.800-08:00John, thank you for the wonderful review. I wanted...John, thank you for the wonderful review. I wanted share a story. Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet with Gunnison Health, a small critical access system in rural Colorado. We were discussing patient engagement approaches and the needed HIT. The director spoke up and stated that there were many different EHRs, even in their small community, and as a result they will be going forward with a standards based approach. He went on to say that they will be using DIRECT for all of their provider to provider communication, and hope to use DIRECT with patients. He commented that they were going to nail down the CCDA for their community to further interchangeability. One of the providers then spoke up and said, "we think this (next phase of interoperability) is sort of "HL8"." WOW!<br />I was so impressed with them, and it hit home to me the importance of our work in standards. Thank you John for your leadership.<br /><br />I too am very hopeful that the work we are doing will help all of us when we are patients to be co-producers of our health and well being.Leslie Kelly Hallnoreply@blogger.com