47. Crossing Over the Transom with Infor

Everybody is talking about AI in Healthcare – but what can Interoperability do to make AI in Healthcare a reality? Do we have to throw out billions of dollars in legacy software to leverage the potential benefits of AI?  In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Joerg Schwarz, the Senior Director for Healthcare Interoperability Solutions and Strategy for Infor. They talk about FHIR Bridge; how it works, what it can do for you, and what problems it solves. They also go over more innovations that Infor has to offer. Interoperability in healthcare is particularly important in order to make workflow more efficient and for quicker and more accurate care for patients. AI could help with streamlining the interoperability process. In this episode, they talk about: The value of transitioning legacy infrastructure into more structured data How doctors can utilize these new systems FHIR Bridge and other innovations The AI is only as good as its data Funding and enabling this innovation The next step for Infor A Little About Joerg: Joerg Schwarz is currently Senior Director for Healthcare Interoperability Solutions and Strategy at Infor with over 25 years of experience in the Healthcare Industry and in the interoperability space specifically. Prior to Infor, Joerg worked as a Director at GE Healthcare and Agfa Healthcare, designing, and implementing solutions for medical image- and document- exchange as well as integrated care.  He also worked at boutique Healthcare firms such as NextGate (EMPI) and Audacious Inquiry (ADT Data Intermediary), and he built and directed a $500M Healthcare & Life Sciences Line of Business at the Fortune 500 company Sun Microsystems until it was acquired by Oracle.