Building blocks for meeting the HIE interoperability challenge of ACOs.

摘要

AS THE HEALTHCARE industry business model shifts from a volume-based to a value-based model, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a critical piece of healthcare's new structure. The number of ACOs has almost tripled since 2011-increasing from 146 to 488 in two years.1 Financial and patient care success for these ACOs is dependent on the ability to share patient data across the entire range of providers included in the ACO. Because ACOs are comprised of a mix of physicians, hospitals, outpatient clinics, diagnostic services, and other ancillary providers, the number and type of disparate systems that must communicate with each other can easily overwhelm' an information technology staff.