Recognize these misconceptions. Avoid the mistakes they can cause.
It’s no tall tale.
Yes. We need interoperability.
Without it there’s no meaningful data sharing. No change. No improvement.
No “better” anything, including your organization’s future success!
• Healthcare reform won’t happen without it
• Better clinical outcomes won’t happen without it
• Improved patient experiences won’t happen without it
• Better, faster workflows won’t happen without it
• A better bottom line for your practice won’t happen without it
It’s time to get with it.
What’s interoperability, anyway?
Basically, it’s all the HIT software we use, working together easily. The “working together” part means sharing data — regardless of origin or system — and the “easily” part means doing this with fewer clicks and little or no frustration. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has lots of information on interoperability… because it’s important:
You need both…
A great EHR user experience… and…open interoperability for easy, secure data sharing. When you make health information technology (HIT) decisions it’s tempting to focus more on data capture functions and the user experience. But a robust level of EHR system interoperability — making sure your system can seamlessly exchange information with any other system, regardless of where it came from — is what may transform
your practice or facility from merely “sustaining” to “thriving” in our brave new world of healthcare informatics. Don’t make critical interoperability decisions based on poor or even inaccurate information about this topic. In this eBook, we’ll debunk some of the most common myths about interoperability.
