EHR Intelligence November 6, 2019
Care coordination and interoperability between health data strengthens levels of care and reduces healthcare costs.
Driving care coordination is essential to providing a quality patient experience, helping to tie together patient care at the many healthcare facilities she may visit. But limited health data and EHR interoperability can get in the way, limiting providers’ ability to access patient information from disparate facilities.
Interoperability enables care coordination to deliver a patient’s health data from multiple providers and specialists. With patients attending different hospitals and specialists, the need for interoperability between multiple providers is key. Coordinated care reduces healthcare costs by eliminating repetitive tests and procedures.
Strong EHR use is found at the primary care level. However, it is still a work...
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