
Dear EHRs, don't be spooked by middleware
Middleware has been a scary concept for EHRs; the fears are misplaced, however, and interoperability would be better served if all varieties of software had access to EHRs’ integration options.
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Middleware has been a scary concept for EHRs; the fears are misplaced, however, and interoperability would be better served if all varieties of software had access to EHRs’ integration options.
Healthcare IT has played an important role in vaccine administration and monitoring for years, and we should acknowledge and applaud the success of vaccine-related integrations.
OAuth provides a simple, secure structure to enable software systems to communicate, and it has been the most important standard thus far for modern healthcare interoperability.
The information blocking regulations have reached their full scope, but they cannot be considered complete until HHS and the OIG define the necessary penalties and disincentives.
USCDI can't reach its full potential as long as the regulations for CHIT continue to focus on read and search capabilities.
Silos don't breed success. Solving the Long COVID puzzle requires an acceleration in interoperability; millions living with the condition deserve nothing less.
If we are to have truly seamless integration in healthcare, we must have standards that enforce the speed and availability of data exchange, and CHIT should be held accountable to those standards.
The biggest news in healthcare over the last four weeks has been Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical. But what isn’t being discussed is how the success of this deal will be dictated by interoperability.
Could we see benefits to our pursuit of frictionless data exchange if the healthcare IT market were more condensed?