Regardless of the exact wording of The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule, it’s clear that healthcare executives will be spending considerable time this year thinking about, planning for, and implementing technologies that support healthcare data exchange.
The truth is, even before HHS began providing guidelines for improved health information interoperability, hospitals and physician practices knew this needed to become more of a priority. They struggle daily to streamline processes like prior authorization, specialist referrals, patient access to health records, and care coordination.