Inaugural Data Usability Summit Supports Nationwide Movement for Enhanced Quality of Electronic Health Information
The summit is part of the nonprofit’s Data Usability Taking Root initiative launched earlier this year.
- The summit is part of the nonprofit’s Data Usability Taking Root initiative launched earlier this year.
- Summit attendees from healthcare and health IT organizations across the country convened to discuss how they intend to implement the data usability guidance published by The Sequoia Project Interoperability Matters Data Usability Workgroup.
- The guidance targets improvements necessary for semantic interoperability of health information, beginning with the quality of clinical data shared between healthcare providers.
- “Data usability at its root is about the availability, completeness, clarity, and portability of information,” said Duncan Weatherston, CEO of Smile Digital Health, co-sponsor of the summit.