Healthcare Must Ensure Operability Before it Can Reap Full Benefits of Interoperability

摘要

Interoperability has become one of the hottest topics in healthcare and is recogni/ed as an extremely worthwhile objective. Virtually all segments of the industry—payers, providers and vendors alike—support efforts to share critical information contained in electronic health records. With this level of support, interoperability is a goal the industry will surely attain in the not-too-distant future. This country took a significant step forward several years ago when President Bush established 2014 as the target for comprehensive access to electronic health information. This commitment was applauded as the next critical step to improve patient outcomes and control rising healthcare costs.