The Importance of Interoperability in Healthcare

Interoperability in Healthcare
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Interoperability in Healthcare
Interoperability refers to health data access, use, and integration that is timely and secure, with a core purpose of optimizing the health outcomes for all individuals (Shull, 2019). There are so many health care systems that are progressively switching to Electronic Health Records (EHR), intending to streamline the care they offer to their systems. Integrating interoperability into EHR systems calls for healthcare systems to improve it by creating frequent communication channels, improving patient satisfaction, and reducing health care costs. Interoperability poses several benefits between EHR and other disparate systems. These benefits include ensuring that the patient data is accurate, saves on time that would be spent searching for paperwork, and impacts on better patient health care outcomes (Shull, 2019). These benefits improve the quality and access to health care.