The Big Word Holding Health Care Back: Interoperability

While interoperability has become routine in so many industries, it is one of the biggest challenges the health care industry faces right now. The lack of interoperable infrastructure prevents patients from being engaged, prevents providers from efficiently delivering care, and prevents health systems from operating more effectively as an organization. It’s the underlying problem that makes it difficult for the industry to adopt novel technologies.

How did we end up here? It's easy to blame technology vendors who gain market position by data blocking. It's also easy to throw the government under the bus and say they didn't do enough or, conversely, that the regulatory environment itself caused our current problems. The reality, in my view, is that there was, and still are, a lot of moving parts that contribute to the ongoing challenges. I'd like to dive into these factors to understand how a holistic approach should guide the way industry players, from patients to providers and payors to health systems, can solve the problem together in the years to come.

The full Forbes article can be viewed at this link.