A recent federally-funded JASON white paper said that large-scale interoperability amounts to little more than replacing fax machines with the electronic delivery of page-formatted medical records. One hospital CEO agrees, saying it’s time for the industry to become more interoperable.
Is the current lack of interoperability among the data resources for electronic health records (EHRs) a major obstacle to the effective exchange of health information? According to a recent white paper written by the JASON initiative within the McLean, Va.-based Mitre Corp., an organization that operates federally-funded research and development centers, the answer to that question is yes.
