The FAST Directory, Versions and Scale Tiger Team worked on proposed solutions for each domain area reflected in its name, however, this SME Panel Session will focus on the solution developed to address barriers related to a National Directory for FHIR Endpoints.
The group of SMEs invited to participate in this session will be asked to evaluate the team's proposed solution, "A National Solution for FHIR Endpoint Discovery", and provide their expert insight in their own area of expertise, as well as the opinion on the topic.
This solution aims to answer the following questions:
The solution proposes a model focused on an API-enabled national source for endpoint directory information, available to any local directory or workflow. The directory contains entity and individual information to determine endpoint relationships. The endpoint information shall include supported IG’s, trust frameworks, metadata requirements, etc.
Name | Organization | Participation Role |
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Patrick Murta | Humana | Meeting Facilitator, ONC FAST Chief Architect |
Paul Oates | Cigna | Meeting Facilitator, ONC FAST Chief Architect |
Stephen Konya | HHS | ONC | Meeting Facilitator, ONC FAST Lead |
Alix Goss | Imprado | Meeting Facilitator, ONC FAST Tiger Team Lead |
Bob Dieterle | Enablecare | Meeting Facilitator, ONC FAST Tiger Team Lead |
Celine Lefebvre | American Medical Association | Subject Matter Expert |
Dr. Steven Waldren | American Academy of Family Physicians | Subject Matter Expert |
Terry Cunningham | American Hospital Association | Subject Matter Expert |
Dave Cassel | Carequality | Subject Matter Expert |
Didi Davis | Sequoia | Subject Matter Expert |
Paul Wilder | Commonwell | Subject Matter Expert |
Rim Cothren | California Association of Health Information Exchanges /eHealth Exchange | Subject Matter Expert |
Scott Stuewe | DirectTrust | Subject Matter Expert |
Paul Joiner* | Availity | Subject Matter Expert |
Joe Bell* | Cooperative Exchange | Subject Matter Expert |
Dan Chaput | HHS | ONC | Subject Matter Expert |
Alexandra Mugge | HHS | CMS | Subject Matter Expert |
Steven Lane | Sutterhealth | Subject Matter Expert |
Matt Schuller | Blue Cross Blue Shield Association | Subject Matter Expert |
Hans Buitendijk | Cerner & Commonwell | Subject Matter Expert |
Ron Urwongse | Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, Inc | Subject Matter Expert |
*All SME participants with an asterisk by their name are invited, pending confirmation.
The nominated SME's will be asked to participate in two meetings in their area of expertise.
Meeting #1 - SMEs Prep-session (1 hour) (closed session, by invite only)
FAST’s goal is to analyze and identify HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) scalability gaps and offer possible solutions that will address current barriers and will accelerate FHIR adoption at scale.
To learn more, you can review the FAST 101 deck in Confluence or watch the FAST 101 webinar recording or read the 2019 End-of-Year Report for a snapshot of the progress made by FAST so far.
If you have any further questions, comments or would like more information please contact the ONC FAST Leads: Stephen.Konya@hhs.gov and Diana.Ciricean@hhs.gov.