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Trust Can’t Come from Technology Alone
As we head into 2026, the interoperability landscape will keep evolving—sometimes chaotically. New entrants, shifting policies, and rapid innovation may feel like constant thrashing, but that momentum is driving meaningful progress. The result? Clearer leaders, stronger solutions, and faster advancement across the healthcare ecosystem.
HTI-5 Final Rule: What It Means for the Next Chapter of Interoperability
As we head into 2026, the interoperability landscape will keep evolving—sometimes chaotically. New entrants, shifting policies, and rapid innovation may feel like constant thrashing, but that momentum is driving meaningful progress. The result? Clearer leaders, stronger solutions, and faster advancement across the healthcare ecosystem.
2025 Predictions: Navigating trust, AI, interoperability, and the evolving marketplace
CommonWell’s 2025 predictions: How trust, AI, access and data quality will shape healthcare’s future.
This is Magic! Simplifying Data Exchange with Unit 387
Meredith Manak of new member, Unit 387, is no stranger to the complex and nuanced world of medical records retrieval. But in 2019 it became personal. Learn more about her journey and why how it led to the launch of Unit 387.
CommonWell Record Locator Service in Action at the HIMSS23 Interoperability Showcase™
HIMSS23 is right around the corner! Want to know where to find CommonWell and its services in action? Read more in our newest blog.
CommonWell TV 2022: Proud Members of the #InteropDoneRight Crew
CommonWell has been building and scaling a nationwide health data exchange network since 2013. In just under 10 years, it has grown to include more than 80 unique members and build a nationwide network that started with a few thousand provider organizations and now connects more than 27,000. This progress was made possible, in part, to its dedicated members--which [...]
Human API: Empowering Human-Driven Health Data Access and Usability
I sometimes describe Human API as the Plaid or PayPal for health care data. While these analogies may not fully hold up yet, I envision a future where humans like you and me can easily use our health data in ways that feel similar to how we can use our financial data to transact (think using PayPal for an [...]
CommonWell TV 2022: Data Quality & Its Role in Health Equity
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Having a complete view of an individual’s clinical data is vital to achieving [...]
CommonWell TV 2022: Because of Interop, by 2030
During CommonWell TV 2022, we took a page from the U.S. Health & Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and asked our members to speculate on the future of interoperability by asking them to finish this statement: Because of interop, by 2030… Read below for their reactions and watch this year’s CommonWell TV videos here. Personalized [...]
