Interoperability

Patients will always receive care across multiple venues, and that means healthcare providers must learn how to exchange data. Application programming interfaces are the way forward for interoperability.

While healthcare entities are waiting for EHR vendors to make data more interoperable, a raft of emerging technologies are enabling information exchange in ways that work effectively today, according to Lisa Moon, a partner with the Timmaron Group. 

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Healthcare consultant and caregiver Max Stroud said patients need more than a portal because live interactions can uncover things technology alone cannot. 

Interoperability group recommends that IT developers standardize features to manage clinical messages and their attachments.

The move to value-based care is speeding up for payers, providers and vendors.

Black Book Report shows that 70 percent of hospitals say data from outside providers is missing from their systems' workflows.

Kansas Health Information Network forwards all information, including notes and reports, to patients via a portal. 

The EHR vendor’s chief executive weighs in on the industry's most exciting opportunities to improve care ahead of HIMSS17 and into the future.