Show Notes

July 30, 2025: Marco Casale, Systems Integration Architect at the University of Rochester, and Drew Ivan, Chief Architect at Rhapsody, join Bill to discuss healthcare interoperability. What would happen if these critical integration platforms suddenly went down, and why does even Epic need hundreds of external connections to keep hospitals running? The discussion covers the evolution from HL7 V2 to FHIR standards, how the pandemic necessitated the massive scaling of data exchanges, and the ongoing challenge of integrating disparate healthcare systems to communicate.

Key Points:

• 03:10 Interoperability and Integration Solutions
• 10:27 Automation in Healthcare
• 11:07 Integration During the Pandemic
• 18:57 Future of Healthcare Integration

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