Orion Health has been an ardent supporter of INTEROPen, a collaborative group created to unite suppliers and the NHS in the pursuit of interoperability, since its creation in 2016. On July 14th-15th, the company joined forces with Wessex Care Records to take part in the latest hackathon centred on medications interoperability. Here’s what was learnt:
The first morning of the hackathon kicked off with introductory presentations from INTEROPen, OneLondon, Wessex LHCR and NHSX. David Hancock, INTEROPen industry co-chair opened with a reflection on INTEROPen’s journey since 2016, and its continued importance as an organisation in balancing the demand push and the supply pull for interoperability in healthcare. He reflected that INTEROPen is still going strong four years on due to the complexity of the challenge, quoting Bob Wachter, “implementing health IT today is one of the most complex adaptive changes in the history of healthcare, and perhaps of any industry. Adaptive change involves substantial and long-lasting engagement between the leaders implementing the changes and the individuals on the front lines who are tasked with making them work.*” With INTEROPen’s mix of both vendor and NHS leadership and membership, the organisation is uniquely placed to encourage testing and adoption of emerging standards across the board. Continue reading “Hacking further towards medications interoperability in the UK”