Interopera-
wha?

June 16, 2015 -- My friend and former classmate, the highly accomplished Dr. George Krucik laments the ACA's failure to demand interoperability among healthcare data software vendors and systems. You got that right, George!

Indeed, Meaningful Use fails to call for EHR interoperability -- a serious omission. However, it does call for specific types of data to be exchanged between specific types of providers.

For example, deservedly-maligned patient portals (that I've blogged about) will be required to share certain data such as lab results with patients and with the ordering providers.

Medication reconciliations will be required to be shared among providers.

Hospital discharge information is to be reported to third parties (payers, mainly).

And there are a few more dribs and drabs of data that must be captured and shared.

These are baby steps but that's as fast as our industry can go. Keep pushing, George!

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