Healthcare IT News May 16, 2025
Developed at the IU Indianapolis School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute, an NIH grant could help expand the application, which links dentists with regional health information exchanges, enabling them to view their patients’ medical histories.
For all the strides made in recent years breaking down the many barriers to data interoperability across the healthcare ecosystem, challenges still remain. One of the biggest is sharing patient information between and among medical providers and dental practices.
A new technology developed at Indiana University offers a potential way to break down those data silos and allow for easier sharing and integration of patients’ electronic health records with their dental care providers.
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