HealthTech Magazines August 22, 2022
By Nasim Rezanejad, MD, MS, Physician Solutions Analyst III, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Interoperability sits behind the scenes making sure that different systems can talk to each other and exchange data. It makes sure all the data rather than sitting in different systems can be brought together and get meaningful data that is linked by the patient.
Interoperability involves digital health applications that have the ability to communicate with one another by accessing, exchanging and making use of data in a coordinated manner that can actually help save time and lives.
Multiple applications automatically exchange data and information with each other to enable communication. In order for this to be possible, standards...