Fierce Healthcare June 15, 2020
In the coming months and years, we’ll have the advantage of 20/20 hindsight to assess how well our nation responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing us to be more prepared for the next public health crisis.
No doubt we’ll address the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and figure out how to improve our testing processes.
But another important growth opportunity that will come out of this experience is the imperative to significantly improve our data-sharing capabilities—sooner rather than later.
Healthcare has struggled with interoperability issues for years, but our current battle with the novel coronavirus has exposed the depth of our data-sharing deficiencies. Clinicians and researchers have never had a greater need to share information about test results, pre-existing...