Becker's Healthcare December 2, 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, the debate between potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates regarding healthcare is heating up.
While each candidate has their own healthcare policy and ideas about what should change, and what should stay the same, one has touched on the EHR market specifically. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan would include an antitrust investigation into the EHR market, challenging the lack of interoperability and competition.
Most healthcare providers see interoperability as a significant challenge to providing the best possible patient care, and Ms. Warren doesn’t think the large EHR companies have done enough to ensure vital patient information is passed efficiently between systems. In her healthcare transition plan, she noted that two companies have around 85 percent of...
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