Advancing Maternal Health Care Coordination

IHE Plugathon 2026 - Maternal Health will focus on Improving document-based exchange for maternal health, using standards such as CDA, Direct Secure Messaging, and IHE document-sharing frameworks to address gaps in care coordination across prenatal, delivery, postpartum, payer, and public health workflows. By linking planning, testing, evaluation, standards refinement, and industry dissemination across multiple organizations and events, the program creates a repeatable model for transforming interoperability standards into measurable improvements in healthcare outcomes, provider and patient experience, and data usability. This hands-on testing experience contributes to a larger Interoperability Progressive Standards Usability Program (SUP) coordinating a multi-organization continuous improvement initiative that brings together implementers, standards developers, vendors, providers, payers, and policymakers to improve real-world interoperability through a structured cycle. The Plugathon testing event is the “main course” where improvement plans will be tested and experience will be gathered to drive progress through this Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. The testing is designed to be educational and experiential, with plenty of valuable testing opportunities for vendors and observers who are interested in improving document-based exchange for Maternal Health.