Healthcare IT News September 4, 2019
Forward thinking healthcare leaders in the United States see the proposed rules to drive interoperability across the healthcare ecosystem as a base level from which to improve operations, according to a new report from health Deloitte.
WHY IT MATTERS
Deloitte’s survey of 70 payers and providers also indicated these health systems believe they will have to go beyond what their IT vendors currently provide in order to achieve the level of interoperability envisioned by the federal regulations.
The proposed rules published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are aimed at improving the ability to share electronic medical information among different providers, caregivers and patients.
According to the survey...