8 healthcare leaders on the biggest hurdles to full interoperability

Becker's Healthcare October 5, 2021
Marcus Robertson

Today’s healthcare landscape in the U.S. is awash in patient data, but organizations are often unable to use that data to its fullest potential, because much of it remains locked within disparate systems. It is less of a problem in nations with standardized health IT systems. Despite the known merit in full interoperability, the U.S. has yet to reach that point.

Here are the biggest hurdles to interoperability in the U.S., according to eight healthcare leaders:

Editor’s note: These answers have been edited lightly for clarity and brevity.

Question: What is the biggest hurdle to achieving full interoperability?

Zafar Chaudry, MD. Chief Digital Officer, CIO, Seattle Children’s Hospital:

Hurdles to interoperability revolve around the speed at which stakeholders can...