A life dedicated to the information world. For more than a quarter of a century, my purpose in life was to help create the ecosystem of electronic health records (and their related versions) by promoting standards and encouraging the industry to include full interoperability.
I argue that an interoperable electronic health record system could bring the same benefits as a new cure to a major disease.
“If a doctor could access or know all the opinions, decisions, care plans, and medication therapies of other healthcare professionals concerning a patient, they could provide much better healthcare to the patient.”