KevinMD December 3, 2021
Michael R. McGuire

Today, most medical organizations have gotten away from paper medical records and use computerized electronic medical record systems (EMRs). The U.S. government has encouraged the use of such systems, no matter how large or small these systems are.

A current problem is that a patient may be seen in different medical organizations and have medical records in different EMRs. This has promoted the concept of “interoperability,” allowing one EMR system to retrieve the medical records from another EMR system.

There are a number of problems with interoperability:

  • Instead of one pile of basically unreadable medical records, you have multiple piles.
  • There is unlikely to be a complete summary of important medical information, such as current medications, past visits, preventive...

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