Health IT Interoperability March 11, 2015
Kyle Murphy, PhD

A growing emphasis on value requires healthcare providers to coordinate care effectively and efficiently. However, a lack of EHR interoperability can easily disrupt the communication and exchange of patient data between clinicians and require these end-users to use more of their time piecing together disparate bits of relevant information.

Although EHR technology has the potential to capture pertinent clinical data, Donald M. Voltz, MD, argues that it falls short of giving meaning and context to patient health information. The member of the Department of Anesthesiology and Medical Director of the Main Operating Room at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio, is always board certified in Informatics and is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University and Northeast Ohio...

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