Recap & Presentation Materials from Texas Interoperability Symposium

Austin, TX—September 18, 2023

On September 15, 2023, Texas Interoperability Symposium celebrated removing barriers to trusted clinical information exchange. Hosted by Texas State University’s Health Information Management / Informatics Program, Round Rock Campus, six separate plenary discussions focused on the different facets of health information exchange.

• Texas Interoperability Symposium Welcome & Agenda
• Texas State University Health Informatics & Information Management Welcome & Information
• Didi Davis, Vice President of Sequoia Project, started with an overview of Sequoia Activities including Data Usability Taking Root and TEFCA.
  • Data Usability Taking Root & TEFCA
• Scott Stuewe, CEO of DirectTrust, followed with their efforts including the Directory Project and growing usage.
  • The State of DirectTrust, Secure Messaging & Directory Management
• Lucille Palenapa, Senior Health Informatics Specialist with Texas Department of State Health Services, provided an overview of Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) adoption in Texas including expansion to birth defects.
  • Electronic Case Reporting (eCR)
• Susan Bradshaw, Vice President, Baylor Scott and White, led a discussion with regional public health partners on their eCR journey and data integrity collaboration:
  • Dr. Phil Huang, Dallas County Public Health
  • Rasneet Kumar, Tarrant County Public Health
  • Wesley McNeely, Houston Public Health
• Bill Zielinski, CIO, City of Dallas, led us through their broadband access efforts to better support health equity.
  • Bridging the Digital Divide
• Nora Cox, CEO of Texas e-Health Alliance, closed with a review of the Texas 2023 Session, including tensions, wins, and how to prepare for next session. As always, Nora delivered the hard facts with humor and left us all with a smile.
  • Texas Legislative Update 2023