Importance of Interoperability

Week 6 DQ 2
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Week 6 DQ 2
Discuss the importance of interoperability between EHRs and other disparate systems and the impact on improving quality and access to care.
Interoperability between EHRs and other disparate systems refines healthcare delivery. Individuals can be transferred between providers, and different system users are equipped to serve the patients. Interoperability ensures streamlined services are practitioners experience improved capacities to diagnose and provide therapy. The lack of interoperability limits the quality and access to care. Patients are technically restrained to a provider. Despite the quality of care or provider inadequacies, patients cannot seek the services of other healthcare agencies. The absence or limited levels of interoperability create a complex problem where new providers spend more time understanding the health status of patients (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 2021). The complex role of interoperability in quality and access to care has been exploited to secure market share. Entities restr...