As hospitals pursue connectivity with other providers for population health and risk-sharing arrangements, new concerns emerge regarding patient data security.
Interfacility relationships can stand to be formalized so that hospital administrators can keep better track of patients throughout the continuum of care. Here are ways hospitals can work to strengthen those bonds.
The once arcane concept of interoperability among information technology systems has become a mainstream issue, rising from the back rooms of IT departments up to C-suites and the boardroom.