Task Force Discusses Healthcare Interoperability Standards

The Interoperability Experience Task Force pinpointed huge issues to healthcare interoperability, like a deficiency of standardization and strict regulations.

In a recent meeting of the Interoperability Experience Task Force, healthcare stakeholders recognized the top challenges to healthcare interoperability, involving the data availability and accessibility, the requirement for data sharing and format standards, and a lack of supportive regulations and policies.

The Health IT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee’s task force met previous week to discuss the most significant needs for interoperability and pinpoint where the industry should start to make better. The task force was made to advise the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information and Technology.

Through the meeting, the task force discovered that one of the biggest challenges to healthcare interoperability is the large volumes of health data and a lack of workflows to handle the information. The task force reported that many industry stakeholders are overwhelmed by the amount of patient data and EHR data, which can hinder care coordination and timely care.