Interoperability: Beyond the Clinical Side of Healthcare
Growing need for interoperability
Healthcare reform is driving a greater need for efficiency, resulting in the formation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and provider consolidation. As provider organizations using different systems work together, there is a much greater need to integrate heterogeneous environments to achieve system interoperability. However, healthcare information is often not easily exchanged among providers because of paper-based processes or systems that are not compatible. In fact, 71% of providers surveyed said the lack of system interoperability is a