Interoperability in healthcare is crucial for delivering high-quality care, reducing costs, and improving efficiencies. As the interoperable exchange of health information enhances, 88% of hospitals in the US participate in electronic health data exchange as of 2021, as revealed by the ONC data brief. The ONC data brief shows the state of interoperability among hospitals. [...]
The healthcare industry in the US has been increasingly using Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software systems to streamline administrative, clinical, and financial tasks and to manage patient data coming from different sources. The robust software technology also helps to improve patient outcome levels as physicians can focus on their patients during an encounter. To ensure [...]
The Baystate Medical Center (BMC) in Massachusetts leveraged an EHR integration. The main goal of this integration is to reduce the postoperative use of opioids through clinical decision support that is interoperable. Issues with the postoperative use of opioids The use of opioids has many risks for the patient, per the HL7 case study that [...]