Healthcare IT News July 14, 2021
Differing EHR vendors for inpatient and ambulatory abound, as they do for inpatient EHR and billing systems. What to do? An interoperability expert offers helpful advice.
Although the topic and importance of interoperability has been discussed for years, according to new research from health IT and market-intelligence company Definitive Healthcare, about one in five hospitals report different vendors for their inpatient and ambulatory EHR systems.
This disconnect can lead to suboptimal patient experiences where critical information from a hospital stay may not make it in front of the primary care provider or outpatient results are not accessible by the inpatient team.
These are prevalent issues, ones even more relevant as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With nearly one-third of...