Interoperability is not enough

Summary: interoperability of healthcare data between clinical systems, and even interoperability of healthcare workflows between clinical systems will not break the market forces that prevent innovation in electronic health records.

Interoperability between clinical systems will not bring down the high barriers to entry and the high switching costs of the medical record marketplace.

Introducing big-tech companies into the commercial medical record market will add new vendors, but not fundamentally fix the dynamics that lead to a stagnant marketplace.

Ultimately interoperability not just between clinical systems, but interoperability between the functional components within a clinical system is required.

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