Washington State Reference Implementation Empowering Patients with a Portable "My Health Summary”

Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Health Care Authority (HCA) in partnership with the University of Washington and the US Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) has been demonstrating the ability to use US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI), SMART Health Cards and Links to deliver the foundational aspect of the 21st Century CURES Act, patient access API to their data through "My Health Summary". This approach provides seamless, secure and portable access to an individual’s health data (clinical and claims), made available through the APIs required by ASTP’s EHR Certification Program, and leveraging CMS Aligned Networks. The session will highlight the enabling use of SMART Health Cards and Links to facilitate unexpected and out-of-area care and highlight how these technologies also provide a single platform for a patient to retrieve, store, and share their health and insurance information. Sharing these data may help those traveling, parents or caregivers, and anyone who wants to view their own records or securely share their data with healthcare providers or others of their choosing. This reference implementation for data sharing has been adopted and adapted by Canada and is in production use in several provinces.

Speaker: Bryant Karras, MD, FACMI, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Washington State Department of Health