Panelists described query-and-response pilots (Helios/HL7 accelerator and eHealth Exchange intermediaries) that let public-health departments call back for updated case information rather than receiving static snapshots. Cedars-Sinai and Stanford were named as early California participants.

Healthcare knows more about treatments than it does about patients’ real lives. That has to change. Historically, patient data has been trapped in static silos. A hospital record is separate from a G...