Julie Barnes on the Policy Behind the Patient

Corporate website: surescripts.com (https://surescripts.com/) Intelligence in Action newsletter (subscribe): Subscribe to the Intelligence in Action newsletter (https://cloud.comms.surescripts.com/iia) Episode description  After more than three decades in federal health policy, Julie Barnes still encounters a healthcare system reliant on compact discs, faxes and manual workarounds. On this episode, she explains why change, not technology, remains healthcare’s biggest obstacle, and what it will take to make interoperability, prior authorization and price transparency work for patients. In this episode:  0:00 – Making a connected healthcare system something patients can feel 2:00 – A vice president, two hospitals and one disc of medical records  4:00 – From Capitol Hill to health policy: the experiences that shaped Julie’s career  5:00 – The puppy, the senator and the story behind Maverick Health Policy  6:00 – What new interoperability and prior authorization rules mean for patients  7:00 – Losing the clipboard and letting medical histories follow the patient  8:00 – Why changing healthcare workflows is harder than changing the technology  10:00 – Information blocking: what it is and why enforcement may be different now  12:00 – The three-legged stool: interoperability, prior authorization and price transparency  15:00 – Regulating healthcare AI at the speed of patient desperation  16:00 – What happens when policy works 17:00 – TEFCA surpasses one billion records and gains momentum 19:00 – Why coordination across federal health agencies matters now 23:00 – Julie’s better way: technology-supported care centered on the patient Follow “There’s a Better Way” on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...) , Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Z1apIa...) , YouTube (   • There’s a Better Way: Smart Talk on Health...  )  or wherever you listen.  Know someone working at the intersection of healthcare and technology? Share this episode.