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Can Interoperability Address the Opioid Epidemic? - SKhan - 12-20-2022
Interoperability is a buzzword in the healthcare IT (HIT) world that essentially means computer systems talking with one another—but could it also hold the key to helping providers stem the tide of opioid-related overdoses?
A nationwide health information exchange (HIE), matching patients to their data, across networks and interactions with providers, offers the promise of meaningfully impacting population health management, bringing treatment to remote or isolated patients, and streamlining the entire delivery of care.
In this post, we’ll focus on how electronic health records (EHR) have made a difference for those communities hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, and how this technology can be configured to meet any community’s population health management needs.
More here.