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By Hans Buitendijk
For healthcare providers and their patients, interoperability holds the promise to substantially improve quality and reduce costs, while enabling coordination of care and engagement of patients with their caregivers.
We know that this work is well underway, and so EHRA members collected real-world examples of where interoperability is already working, and the positive effects that many organizations are achieving today.
We’re pleased to share our report, “Interoperability Success Stories: The Journey Continues,” which demonstrates how interoperability can lead to:
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Posted by EHR Association on September 20, 2017
https://ehrablog.org/2017/09/20/interoperability-is-already-having-positive-effects-heres-how/
With the accelerated adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), there is growing recognition of the benefits associated with the use of these technologies – reduced medical errors, faster access to complete information, more efficient communications among busy clinicians, and increasing patient engagement in their healthcare decisions. At the same time, there is a dialog taking place among all stakeholders on the issues related to busy clinicians taking advantage of data re-use capabilities to avoid re-entering identical information as they create their encounter documentation.
The EHR Association strongly believes that data re-use tools are critically important for clinicians, provide clear benefit for patients and, when used appropriately, enable accurate legal and financial recording workflows for providers.
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Posted by ewest123 on May 7, 2016
https://ehrablog.org/2016/05/07/data-re-use-usability-patient-safety-and-organizational-policy/
(November 4, 2014) Mark Segal, EHRA Chair (GE Healthcare IT), comments on future directions in federal health IT policy that are taking shape. We are starting to see clear, reinforcing themes from Congress, the Administration, policy experts, and key stakeholders.
Posted by ewest123 on November 4, 2014
https://ehrablog.org/2014/11/04/federal-health-it-policy-where-is-it-heading-and-why-should-you-care/
