Healthcare Innovation February 23, 2024
David Raths

‘We have a lot of work to do to get that interoperability that’s already there all the way down to the frontline and implemented fully,’ says National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi

National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., notes that with so many documents still being faxed or printed out and handed to patients to convey to other provider organizations, many health systems still have lots of cultural work to do to fully take advantage of the interoperability now available to them through health information exchanges and national health information networks.

In a Feb. 22 conversation with Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil, Tripathi gave an example from his own personal experience. After his mother was in...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology
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