BookZurman Team Leads Connectathon Care Planning and Management Tracks

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dave Carlson MBA, Ph.D., a standards-based solution architect with BookZurman and founder of Clinical Cloud Solutions, is advancing the maturity and innovative use of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7® FHIR® standard). Since 2007, Carlson's work has focused on HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN® (HL7®) data interoperability standards for the healthcare industry, primarily as a consultant to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) through BookZurman.

Last month, Carlson led an expanded track at HL7®'s 19th FHIR® Connectathon in Baltimore, Maryland. This innovative track explores use of FHIR standards for longitudinal care planning and standardization of clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and similar chronic health conditions, with emphasis on coordination of care across multiple providers and organizations. Out of the past few years of care planning work, Carlson identified the need to lead a multi-organization project around chronic care management coordination.

"This project supports an open community for developing specifications and reference implementations that improve point-of-care planning and management for chronic health conditions. We're working toward solutions to address requirements for team-based care spanning multiple provider organizations and person-centered care planning with engagement by patients," Carlson shared.

Kathleen Connor and Sean Muir, also subject-matter experts with BookZurman, were involved in the featured Connectathon track. Connor is co-chair of HL7® security and financial management working groups, and a security architect consultant with BookZurman on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Framework project. Muir is a health standards architect with BookZurman supporting the VA development team.

Carlson is currently planning for a care coordination use case at the HIMMS19 Interoperability Showcase™, February 11 – 15, 2019, in Orlando, Florida.

"This leadership with care planning and management aligns with two of BookZurman's values: innovation and collaboration. Dave's integral work in the community to comprehensively connect patients with multiple providers is just one way our team is transforming healthcare through technology and trust," said President Brian Book.

About BookZurman:

BookZurman (BZ) is a consulting firm that bridges the gap between healthcare and technology for a better patient experience. Driven to help solve healthcare interoperability through the delivery of timely and integrated data, BZ focuses on standards and interoperability, informatics architecture, clinical decision support and terminology, to empower caregivers to transform the future of healthcare – one patient at a time. www.bookzurman.com

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