Interoperability is the 🔑 to our healthcare

July 27 2020

The tracking of data and the efficient sharing of that data have seen the biggest improvements in the healthcare tech industry since the pandemic. Data tracking technologies have emerged as a way to enhance traditional contact tracing efforts. In May, Apple and Google launched their jointly developed, interoperable API, which allows governments and health agencies to track the spread of COVID-19 using Bluetooth technology, and Salesforce partnered with New York City to build a city-wide contact tracing program.

Mayo Clinic also developed its own electronic system that combines medical records, non-clinical data, and contact tracing resources to identify employee exposures within an average of two hours of a confirmed case.

With increased awareness, more commercial players have gained market share and expanded opportunities during this time. While privacy concerns are still a hurdle for mass adoption, many companies have been proactively addressing this challenge. Interoperability can help enhance the privacy and security of patient data by requiring organizations to fully assess where their Protected Health Information (ie, PHI) resides and with whom it needs to be shared. When PHI is entered into secure, interoperable systems, organizations can gain a better idea of where their data are located and who has access to it, helping them secure patient data and protect privacy.

Interoperability is the ultimate goal of healthcare information systems. Software and cloud-based services need to be able to talk to one another, to exchange clinical and administrative data to enable complete access to a patient’s record, and to help clinicians deliver the best possible care.

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Healthcare Interoperability Startups:

Founded in 2017, Bridge Connector is a data-driven workflow engine that is changing the way health care systems communicate. The company provides no-code integrations in health care, connecting systems more quickly and cost-efficiently than ever before with their integration platform as a service (iPaaS) core product and other offerings. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., with offices in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Knoxville, Tenn., and San Francisco, the company was founded on the idea that any health care organization should be able to automatically transfer data between disparate systems without the need for internal IT support. Bridge Connector offers seamless, full-service integration solutions, regardless of the platform used, freeing up clients to concentrate on core business initiatives.

CareCloud is a privately-held provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record, and medical billing software and services, now being acquired by MTBC. CareCloud offers software-as-a-service and revenue cycle management (RCM) services to physicians in more than 50 specialties across 48 states. CareCloud manages more than $4B in annualized accounts receivables on behalf of its RCM clients. Google and CareCloud recently formed a technology partnership under which CareCloud will leverage Google Cloud’s Healthcare API to accelerate the expansion of its cloud platform with a focus on data interoperability.

Redox sits at a critically important crossroads in the modern healthcare industry. Redox sealed a deal with Microsoft to act as the integration partner connecting Microsoft’s Teams product to electronic health records through the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard.

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