The most straightforward definition of interoperability we have heard so far is from David Kendrick, CEO of MyHealth Access Network in Oklahoma, “Every patient deserves to have their complete, longitudinal medical record available wherever and whenever decisions are made about their health.” By this measure, interoperability is still unusual in most sectors of the U.S. healthcare system. The ‘lack of interoperability’ between EHRs has become a clarion call for those dissatisfied with EHRs in general as well as with the fruits of EHR certification and the MU program.
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