New report from the Health Innovation Alliance identifies solutions to improving interoperability
Washington, DC – New technology has made information access and exchange second nature, but the healthcare industry continues to lag. A new report by the Health Innovation Alliance (HIA) released today outlines solutions to meet the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) goal of improving and increasing interoperability in health care by 2030.
“How we share data is going to continue to evolve as technology advances. The solutions identified by the Health Innovation Alliance address the key areas that have hampered the flow of health care information. Implementing them will revolutionize how patients interact with the health care system, and how care is provided. If we want to have a better system, we need to act now. The longer we wait, the more catching up we will have to do in the future,” said Brett Meeks, Senior Policy Advisor, HIA.
HIA identified six key solutions that would improve interoperability and use of health care data:
- Enabling data to work for patients and providers at the point of care,
- Leveraging state of the art medical devices to improve patient care,
- Establishing clear protections from HIPAA penalties for patient information requests,
- Informing medical research and innovation with better information,
- Standardizing, collecting, and using social determinants of health data,
- Improving public health data collection and reporting.
The key goal of these solutions is to improve the health care system’s ability to communicate seamlessly with the patient at the center. Whether it be through better patient history or enhancing clinical trials, the results would be better care coordination between providers and patients, increased disease prevention, and health outcomes.
See download below to read HIA’s report and learn more about implementing the interoperability solutions.