ACCESS newswire January 8, 2026
Black Book Research

Black Book® Q4 2025 flash survey finds behavioral health, post-acute, public health, and CBO connectivity still heavily manual, with fees (59%), immature APIs (52%), and slow onboarding (46%) cited as top barriers, more often than missing standards (23%).

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / ACCESS Newswire / January 8, 2026 / A new Black Book® flash survey of 290 validated healthcare stakeholders finds that while interoperability headlines often emphasize national frameworks and HL7® FHIR® APIs, the “last mile” of cross-continuum exchange remains stubbornly manual for many organizations, especially across behavioral health, post-acute/long-term care, public health, and community-based organizations (CBOs).

Respondents spanning health systems, behavioral health providers, post-acute and long-term care organizations, public health stakeholders, and CBOs report that practical data-sharing workflows continue to...

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