MedCity News June 15, 2020
Emad Rizk M.D.

A fully interoperable, analytics-driven ecosystem of all patient information—such as age, preexisting conditions, care disparities, genetics, social determinants of health, past procedures, and medication history—would be invaluable for public health, medical, and scientific experts.

While Covid-19 has illuminated healthcare’s struggles with interoperability, it has also provided an invaluable learning opportunity and, in some ways, established the data and technology landscape healthcare needs to thrive in the future. ONC laid the foundation for greater interoperability by requiring seamless access and exchange. However, payers and providers must also be able to look to advanced analytics in order to gain actionable insights that will move the needle on collective efforts to improve risk assessments, care coordination, value-based reimbursement, and more.

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Topics: Analytics, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, ONC, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology
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