Consider the case of a doctor where he refers you to a specialist. Rather than retelling all your medical history, or waiting to get records faxed over to him, the new specialist already has your information. This is not a far-off dream, but the objective of the healthcare interoperability.
Simply, interoperability is the factor that facilitates the communication between various computer systems in the healthcare domain. It is the secret to the dissolution of information silos that have been the hallmark of our healthcare experience.
The Value of This "Data Conversation" to You.
To the patients, interoperability implies:
- No More Repeating Yourself: Your health story comes with you, so you do not need to repeat it each time you visit a doctor.
- Safer Care: When there is an emergency, the doctors are able to get at your allergies, medications, and conditions in a fast manner, which results in improved decisions.
- Less cumbersome Travel: It becomes less of a nightmare when making referrals or changing doctors or seeking second opinion.
To the physician it results in an improved picture of your health resulting in more personalized and effective treatments.
What's Pushing This Forward?
A number of major innovations are finally turning this seamless exchange of data into a reality:
1.FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources): This can be considered as a universal language of health data. It is a current norm that facilitates more clarity and consistency in sharing information among apps and systems.
2.APIs (Application Programming Interfaces): These are bridges of security between systems. It is they who make it possible to access the lab results of a patient in the hospital using a patient portal app in your phone. APIs provide access to your data, which is controlled.
3.Focus on Patient-Centered Design: The drive is currently on to transform this technology to benefit you. It aims to develop easy to use tools such as smartphone applications that can enable you to have the information on your health in your hands.
4.Cloud Technology: Best cloud computing technologies offer an excellent and secure base upon which to share large volumes of data between various organizations.
The Road Ahead
Although things are going on, not everything is smooth. Patient privacy and construction of systems that are simple to use by all people are of high priority. The future is the connected health ecosystem in which your data will work to your advantage as opposed to being used against you. The end is a healthcare experience that is not so bureaucracy-oriented and more of a coordinated and compassionate care.
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