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> Lack of standard, OPEN, free to implement formats; for everything. I was surprised when I talked to a doctor family member awhile back and learned that this
by sanderjd 8y ago
> Lack of standard, OPEN, free to implement formats; for everything.
I was surprised when I talked to a doctor family member awhile back and learned that this was not part of the ACA. A big sweeping re-write of the health care regulatory structure would have been a good time to require data interoperability.
Maybe the new plans both parties are supposedly interested in getting done this time around will include this. I won't hold my breath though.
- nradov 8y agoA strong requirement for interoperability appears in the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016. The ONC is now in the process of writing regulations to implement that law. HL7 has had open standards for moving data between systems for 30+ years. But actually building those interfaces takes a lot of work. Every EHR has its own propriety internal data model so there's always some data mapping and conversion needed.