MedCity News November 18, 2021
Months after the new interoperability rules took effect, health plans still struggle to develop a cohesive enterprise data strategy and infrastructure.
Lack of technical readiness—from legacy technologies to data silos—continues to hold health plans back from achieving the promise of interoperability. It also creates barriers to innovation.
These are challenges payers must overcome before the next phase of interoperability takes effect: widespread adoption of application programming interfaces (APIs) such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), which will give consumers the power to access their healthcare data with the touch of a smartphone.
Breaking down barriers to technical readiness
More than six months after the new interoperability rules took effect, health plans still struggle to develop a cohesive enterprise data...