Innovating EHR Systems to Improve Interoperability and Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers

We have made a lot of strides in healthcare - looking for ways to recenter the patient in our decisions, inventing technologies like AI to reduce the clinician burden on our staff, and so much more. However, all of these improvements mean nothing if they are contained solely to your organization. In order to truly improve healthcare, we need to have seamless interoperability and data sharing between different healthcare providers. No matter how loyal your patients are, it is impossible to visit the same provider every time. People move and you may not be available in their new location, a health problem can arise that your organization doesn't cover so they need to seek a secondary provider, people get injured while traveling and need to go to whatever provider is in that area, etc. Getting your necessary medical data across providers in these scenarios can be time-consuming and mentally taxing for both patients and providers. Improving interoperability and seamless data sharing is vital as we work towards a better future and there are plenty of different methods to do this.

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Today we are going to focus on the role of EHR systems in this goal of improving interoperability and seamless data sharing between different healthcare providers. We reached out to our insightful Healthcare IT Today Community to ask - how can EHR systems be innovated to improve interoperability and seamless data sharing between different healthcare providers? The following are their answers.