The questions we should all be asking about interoperability | by Duncan Greenberg | Medium

There are some healthcare policies that have been championed for so long that we start to lose sight of exactly what the benefits will be and who specifically stands to gain (or lose) when the policies take effect. Interoperability belongs in this category. Let me explain. What is unquestionably true is that patients suffer when their data is locked away in silos. This plays out in a number of scenarios: In a survey sponsored by Google, 86% of providers said that increased data access would reduce the time it takes for them to make a diagnosis. Lack of external data integration was the single biggest EHR pain point that cropped up in a report published by KLAS Research last year. It turns out this is not just an us(a) problem. In a recent survey of doctors practicing in the UK under NHS, the majority reported doing duplicative bloodwork or radiology at least once a week due to data interoperability challenges. Nearly 74% claimed to do unnecessary infectious panels on a daily basis beca

There are some healthcare policies that have been championed for so long that we start to lose sight of exactly what the benefits will be and who specifically stands to gain (or lose) when the policies take effect. Interoperability belongs in this category. Let me explain. What is unquestionably true is that patients suffer when their data is locked away in silos. This plays out in a number of scenarios: In a survey sponsored by Google, 86% of providers said that increased data access would reduce the time it takes for them to make a diagnosis. Lack of external data integration was the single