50 States of Interoperability: Why One-Size-Fits-All Tech Solutions Can’t Bridge Gaps in Behavioral Health
MedCity News September 25, 2024
The lack of consistent data standards poses a major barrier to the exchange of information across stakeholders. As providers and administrators struggle to identify the best next step to meet new standardization rules, they need a strategy tailored to the intricacies of their program, based on their specific data workflows — which might look vastly different state to state.
As state agencies and healthcare providers face increasing demands to address behavioral health (BH) needs across the U.S., interoperability challenges continue to stand in the way.
Manual reporting processes, siloed systems and duplicative data entry are all common problems disrupting BH care and coordination across the country. These challenges unfortunately trickle down, creating cumbersome administrative burdens and patient care delays....