Imagine yourself stranded on an island, unable to communicate with anyone. Would you embrace this isolation, or try to find ways to communicate with the outside world? It seems that most of us do not ...

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And that’s not all. Moving to three dimensional interoperability will bring myriad benefits to major stakeholders, as outlined in Elster’s 360 Degree Solution Model chart below. Figure 4 – The 360 ...

Interoperability is expanding its reach. Historically best known for its front-office utility in saving traders from ‘swivel-chair’ workflows, having applications seamlessly work together is ...

A vision for “e-health” is gathering around the world, in which a rich array of dependable data is seamlessly and securely shared between patient and healthcare providers, in support of breakthrough ...

Technology is expanding at a rapid rate, and it is changing the way that we think, organize and operate both at home and in the workplace. In the case of healthcare, new software applications, ...

The game of Telephone is great fun for children but a terrible way to communicate vital health information. Yet in today’s healthcare systems, the multiple fragmented systems can lead to a ...

It’s not unusual for patients to feel powerless in the domain of health care. Records, charts, imaging, test results and other health data have often been kept at arm’s length, with the main way to ...

Interoperability enables blockchain networks and protocols to communicate with each other, making it easier for everyday users to engage with blockchain technology. Every year, we see new blockchain ...

Loren Baker ( [email protected]) is an associate professor and chief of health services research in the Department of Health Research and Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine in ...

Interoperability is one of healthcare’s biggest dilemmas, with providers trapped between growing needs for expanded use of health data and a host of compliance, legal and regulatory constraints.